The 70 patients who were not dosed using the collaborative practice option during the intervention period had a trough distribution similar to historical controls (27.1 % low, 51.4 % in - range, and 21.4 % high; p = 0.02 for proportion of low and in - range groups compared to the collaborative
practice nomogram cohort, p = 0.5 for comparison of supratherapeutic groups).
Not exact matches
To develop the
nomogram, the researchers created a virtual population model representing U.S. men aged 50 to 84 years from 1975 to 2005 and applied existing data on PSA levels, biopsy
practices and cancer diagnosis patterns to learn about cancer progression in patients with and without screening.
The vancomycin
nomogram and the collaborative
practice protocol were reviewed and approved by the University of Colorado Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee and were implemented per the Colorado State Boards of Medicine and Pharmacy collaborative
practice model agreement.
We undertook a quality improvement initiative at our institution to optimize initial vancomycin dosing using a
nomogram and a pharmacy collaborative
practice approach.