News:

D Young

Lessons learned from SARS outbreak
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1202. [PDF]  

CA Thompson

JNC 7 urges aggressive management of hypertension
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1206. [PDF]  

D Young

Compounding sterile preparations raises informed-consent issues
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1209-1210. [PDF]  

CA Thompson

First drug-eluting coronary stent approved
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1210. [PDF]  

Articles:

DH Wong and P Yang

Managing high-cost biotechnology products
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1213-1216. [PDF]  

CPOE, bedside technology, and patient safety: a roundtable discussion
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1219-1228. [PDF]  

CA Thompson

Getting practical about patient safety
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1229-1232. [PDF]  

W Rotea, Jr and ED Saad

Targeted drugs in oncology: new names, new mechanisms, new paradigm
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1233-1243. [Abstract] [PDF]  

TC Bookwalter, MW Rabow, and SJ McPhee

Content on end-of-life care in major pharmacy textbooks
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1246-1250. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PL McCollam, DA Foster, and JS Riesmeyer

Cost and effectiveness of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa-receptor inhibitors in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1251-1256. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V Cohen

Organization of a health-system pharmacy team to respond to episodes of terrorism
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1257-1263. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MC Thomas and BL Erstad

Safety of enteral naloxone and i.v. neostigmine when used to relieve constipation
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1264-1267. [PDF]  

DS Wagner, CE Johnson, BK Cichon-Hensley, and SL DeLoach

Stability of oral liquid preparations of tramadol in strawberry syrup and a sugar-free vehicle
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1268-1270. [PDF]  

S Feddema, WJ Rusho, LS Tyler, and B Barker

Physical compatibility of vasopressin with medications commonly used in cardiac arrest
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1271-1272. [PDF]  

R Shane

CPOE: the science and the art
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1273-1276. [PDF]  

SE Herz

HIV-positive pregnant women and newborns in South Africa: medical hope, moral risk
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1276-1278. [PDF]  

Editorials:

DR Witmer

ASHP's new membership structure: growing communities
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1217. [PDF]  

Therapy Update:

Targeted drugs in oncology: New names, new mechanisms, new paradigm
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1244-1245. [PDF]  

Letters:

CP Konrad

Dispatches from Kenya
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1279-1280. [PDF]  

JO Rivera, JP Anaya, and A Meza

Herbal product use in Mexican-Americans
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1281-1282. [PDF]  

LM Huxtable and D Borowski

Evaluation of lipid-lowering therapies at an ethnically diverse clinic
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1282-1283.  

Current Literature:

Gerard R. Barber

The Antibiotic Paradox: How the Misuse of Antibiotics Destroys Their Curative Powers By Stuart B. Levy Published by Perseus Publishing, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, 2002. xx + 353 p. Price $ 17.50
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1284. [PDF]  

Guy R. Hasegawa

The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for Malaria By Mark Honigsbaum Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19 Union Square West, NY 10003, 2002. xv + 307 p. Price $25
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1284-1285.  

Books Received
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 1285.  

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