IMPACT OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST CONSULTATIONS ON RATE OF COMPLICATIONS, RE-HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING BARIATRIC SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are prone to changes in absorption, improvement in their chronic diseases and other pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic alteration which can affect continuation and the required doses of their chronic medications.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the effect of a clinical pharmacist's consultation on the rate of complications, re-hospitalizations and mortality among patients who underwent bariatric surgery.

METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, results of bariatric patients who were consulted by a clinical pharmacist between the years 2013-2019 were compared with the results of a wider group of bariatric patients with chronic diseases who were recorded in the Israeli General Bariatric Registry during the same years. The intervention cohort included bariatric patients members of Clalit Health Services, who were treated at the Herzliya Medical Center and who were identified by the treating staff as complex cases requiring drug counseling. The primary outcomes measured in the study included: rates of surgical complications, re-hospitalizations, and death up to one year after surgery.

RESULTS: The intervention group included 165 patients; the 12 month rate of re-hospitalization in the intervention group was 10.9% vs. 19.5% in the comparison group (p=0.005). The rate of documented postoperative complications was 2.7% vs. 3.9% (p=0.462) and mortality was null vs. 0.16%.

CONCLUSIONS: Although the intervention population was identified in advance as more complex in terms of age and background morbidity, the rate of re-hospitalization and mortality was significantly lower in the intervention group than in the general bariatric surgery population in Israel. These results demonstrate the importance of referring to a specialized clinical pharmacist around bariatric surgery for improving patient safety, especially in complex patients.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:163

Enthalten in:

Harefuah - 163(2024), 3 vom: 21. März, Seite 140-144

Sprache:

Hebräisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dahan, Almog Eliyahu [VerfasserIn]
Dahan, Arik [VerfasserIn]
Shimoni, Orly [VerfasserIn]
Diker, Dror [VerfasserIn]
Mahler, Ilanit [VerfasserIn]
Marcoviciu, Dana Dana [VerfasserIn]
Hammerman, Ariel [VerfasserIn]
Azran, Carmil [VerfasserIn]

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English Abstract
Journal Article

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Date Completed 21.03.2024

Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369959582