Pharmacy students present research at American Society of Health-System Pharmacists meeting

Twenty-two students from the College of Pharmacy presented 18 research posters at the 47th American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, held early this month in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The students and their research posters were:

Amin P, Sherwood D. Sleep duration in psychiatric patients administered diphenhydramine at an acute psychiatric care facility.

Bhaskar S, Li E. An Alternate Categorization and Codification of Anti-Cancer Agents Based on Mechanism of Action.

Barker J, Li E. Patterns of Care with Anticancer Therapies for Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in Maine.

Mathew S, Li E. Hospital Management of Outpatient Oncology Treatment Decisions: 2011-2012.

Bourret E, Tu C, McCall K, Holt C. Predictors of prescription drug overdose death in Maine Prescription Monitoring Program data from 2005
– 2010.

Dionne B, Malinowski A, Lakoma LD, Allen GP. In vitro evaluation of monotherapy vs combination antimicrobial therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Foster TJ, Cha J, Allen GP. Assessment of the recommended dosing regimens of polymyxins in multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii using the mutant prevention concentration (MPC) and an in vitro pharmacodynamic model.

Malinowski A, Lakoma LD, Ogbueze J, Paplaskas AM, Allen GP. Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance selection in multidrug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Ofodile CC, Allen GP. Evaluation of azithromycin, ceftriaxone, and fluoroquinolone resistance selection in Salmonella Choleraesuis, S. Paratyphi, and S. Typhimurium.

Paplaskas AM, Malinowski A, Allen GP. Evaluation of colistin, doxycycline, tigecycline, polymyxin B, and fosfomycin resistance selection in carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Ragonesi MB, Allen GP. Comparative activities of azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin against mutant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model.

Abdirhmon N, Smith S. Adherence to a specified montelukast criteria for use within the Maine Veterans Affairs Medical Center: a medication utilization evaluation.

Nguyen V, Smith S. Appropriateness of ketorolac administration to veterans in the emergency department: a retrospective medication utilization evaluation.

Lee C, Parsons P, Ochs L, Koepf E. Review of claims data to assess medication use patterns for pediatric asthma patients in Maine.

Nguyen D, Redwanski J. Prevalence and trends of pharmacy robberies in Maine.

Evans A, Dornblaser E. A retrospective review of incidence of nephrotoxicity in patients receiving standard infusion vs extended infusion pipercillin-tazobactam with and without vancomycin therapy.

Patel V, Flash G, Zemrak W. Evaluation of IV acetaminophen as the primary analgesic strategy following cardiac surgery.

Williams N, Teter C. Mercy hospital recovery center virtual alcohol and drug abuse treatment program: a novel approach to the treatment of substance use disorders (SUD).
 

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