SL buprenorphine was as effective as enteral oxycodone with regards to pain control/opioid consumption in this retrospective study in Critical Care Medicine. Check out this infographic from #SCCMJC to learn more! #PharmICU Nandini Patel
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Surgical site infection rates after liver transplant were lowest in the world at #RPA Sydney Local Health District. An #SPS Sydney Health student project and interdisciplinary collaboration between #pharmacy #ID Tina Marinelli #hepatology #surgery improving patient outcomes. tinyurl.com/5paudnf2

#SydneyPharmacySchool is seeking a Pharmacy Professional Practitioner based at Sydney Local Health District Sydney Health

Do you have a passion for clinical teaching & shaping the future of pharmacy training?

Work with Sid Patanwala & great RPAH pharmacy team

Link: tinyurl.com/bdd3c79j

Thanks to AJHP for allowing me to write about the deeply personal decision to leave full time clinical pharmacy & all of the complex emotions that come with it.

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SCCM Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section PCF continues with Sid Patanwala discussing critical care pharmacy practice in Australia 🇦🇺.

-only BPharm degree
-general residency 2y (many), advance training 1.5-2y (very few)
-national competency
-pharmacist-pt ratio 1:10

#PharmICU #CPPForum #GoProgram #SCCM2024

Alternatives to full opioid agonists are needed in the ICU. In Critical Care Medicine Sid Patanwala reports SL buprenorphine works as well as oxycodone to wean IV opioids bit.ly/3MHTVGv In my editorial I highlight the need for further research in this area bit.ly/3G521oY

New RSI guidelines in Critical Care Medicine recommend use of sedative-hypnotic agent when NMBs are used and do not recommend administering corticosteroids if etomidate is used. #PharmICU #CPPPLU Nikki Acquisto Sid Patanwala Christine Groth, Angela Slampak-Cindric
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I don’t always know the right words to say, but as a physician and human, the violence toward medical facilities and patients in Gaza is awful and heartbreaking. To all my colleagues in health care risking their lives to save others, my heart is with you.

Another University of Sydney multi-site international study (15 hospitals) showing #ICU patients with negative cultures were less likely to receive #antimicrobial de-escalation Sid Patanwala SHPA #mm2023shpa

The U.S. provides $3.8 billion a year to Israel. The Biden administration and Congress must make it clear. Israel has the right to defend itself and destroy Hamas terrorism, but it does not have the right to use U.S. dollars to kill thousands of innocent men, women, and children…

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire, and getting worse by the minute. Israel must obey international law and allow innocent men, women, and children the food, water, medical supplies, and fuel that is desperately needed. NOW.

An update on drug-drug interactions for care of the acutely ill in the era of COVID-19. academic.oup.com/ajhp/article/8…

I repeat my call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed.

Everyone must assume their responsibilities.

This is a moment of truth.

History will judge us all.

Check out our PGY2 Critical Care program next week! Also be on the look out for our signup link to “PPS” with myself and our PGY2 resident Monday and Tuesday at midyear!

Keynote speakers Prof Tim Lambert, Dr Alison McLean and Prof Sid Patanwala at the IPM&B 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting - discussing pharmacogenomics from clinical, pharmacy and lab perspectives. Looking forward to working together to develop a PGx model of care for Sydney Local Health District

A voice to parliament will improve health outcomes. ACEM Yes23

Opportunity to join our Emergency Team now available. If your looking to expand your leadership skills and work in an innovative service this is for you! ⁦⁦⁦SHPA⁩ ⁦⁦Alfred Emergency Academic Centre⁩ ⁦ASHP Emergency Medicine⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Monash Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences⁩ careers.alfredhealth.org.au/job/66383/63WY…

I’m so honoured to receive the FIP ECPG Foundation Innovation Grant 2023 for my work on preoperative #opioid #tapering !

I look forward to sharing my findings at #FIP2024 in Cape Town!

Jonathan Penm, FFIP, FSHP, FHEA, MPS Sid Patanwala University of Sydney

🔓Impact of modified-release opioid use on clinical outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a propensity score-matched cohort study.

Shania Liu Sid Patanwala Nicholas Levy Jennifer Stevens Jonathan Penm, FFIP, FSHP, FHEA, MPS Now #OpenAccess and #FreeForever !

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🔓MR opioid use was associated with a higher incidence of opioid-related adverse events and worse pain compared with immediate-release opioid use only following surgery.

Shania Liu Sid Patanwala Nicholas Levy Jennifer Stevens Dileep Lobo Jonathan Penm, FFIP, FSHP, FHEA, MPS

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