Randomized controlled trials that investigate the optimal parameters of fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis—such as the rate of infusion or the total volume of fluid to be infused—remain scarce.

The Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP) updates its Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals list biannually.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

Investigators studied perioperative gabapentin use to better understand if nonopioid use in multimodal analgesia would be beneficial in reducing opioid use and its adverse effects to improve pain control safely.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Eighty percent of patients hospitalized during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were prescribed antibiotics on admission even though the antimicrobial drugs were rarely indicated at that point.

Sonya Collins

Although current treatments for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) exist, there are no known treatments that slow disease progression.