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SynthesisBMC health services research2013

Pharmacist care and the management of coronary heart disease: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Hongwen Cai, Haibin Dai, Yangmin Hu, Xiaofeng Yan, Huimin Xu

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in BMC health services research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hongwen Cai
Haibin Dai
Yangmin Hu
Xiaofeng Yan
Huimin XuDepartment of Pharmacy, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, China. xuhuiminze@126.com.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSecondary prevention is important for reducing both mortality and morbidity of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Pharmacists can provide medication and also work on disease management for patients with CHD. This review has been carried out to evaluate the role of pharmacist care on mortality, morbidity, and the CHD management.

methodsThe PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the impact of pharmacist care interventions on patients with CHD (in both community and hospital settings). Primary outcomes of interest were mortality, cardiovascular events and hospitalizations. Secondary outcomes were medication adherence, blood pressure control, and lipid management.

resultsFive RCTs (2568 patients) were identified. The outcomes were mortality, cardiovascular events, and hospitalizations in one study (421 patients), medication adherence in five studies, blood pressure in two studies (1914 patients), and lipid management in three studies (932 patients). The interventions of pharmacists included patient education, medication management, feedback to health care professionals, and disease management. There was no significant effect of pharmacist care on mortality, recurrent cardiac events or hospitalization of CHD patients. Significant positive effects of pharmacist care were shown on medication adherence in three studies, on blood pressure control in one study and on lipid management in one study.

conclusionIn this study, we concluded that pharmacists have a beneficial role in the care of CHD patients, although the evidence supporting positive impacts on mortality and morbidity remains uncertain due to the unavailability of data in these areas. Further research is needed to discern the contribution of pharmacist care on hard endpoints of CHD.

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PharmacistsCardiotonic AgentsCoronary DiseaseHumansMedication AdherenceProfessional RoleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeCardiotonic Agents

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PMID24188540
PMCPMC4228353
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