Research Article
Intensive Care Units (ICU): The clinical pharmacist role to improve clinical outcomes and reduce mortality rate- An undeniable function
Luisetto M* and Ghulam Rasool Mashori
Published: 11/02/2017 | Volume 2 - Issue 1 | Pages: 049-056
Abstract
Observing relevant biomedical literature we have see that clinical pharmacist play a crucial role in ICU settings with reducing in mortality rate and improving some clinical outcomes.
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