The role of the clinical pharmacist in the respiratory or sleep multidisciplinary team.
Jessica ClementsElaine BowmanRowan TolhurstMaeve SavageAlicia PiwkoChristabelle ChenElaine LyonsNixon LeungSarah MulhollandGrainne d'AnconaPublished in: Breathe (Sheffield, England) (2023)
The role of the pharmacist has evolved significantly, not least over the last 20 years. It delivers a skilled profession with a vital role in medicines optimisation and the management of patients with a respiratory or sleep disorder. While pharmacists are capable of acting as independent practitioners delivering direct patient care, this article explores their contribution to multidisciplinary teams within asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease and sleep medicine. Having identified patient cohorts needing specialist medicines support, notably those with poor medicines adherence or specific medicines-related needs (for example during adolescence, or women who are pregnant or breastfeeding), these pharmacists work within primary, secondary and specialist tertiary care. The aim of this review is to share and inspire innovative models of working to include more pharmacists in respiratory and sleep medicine.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- sleep quality
- physical activity
- cystic fibrosis
- palliative care
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- systemic sclerosis
- general practice
- primary care
- rheumatoid arthritis
- depressive symptoms
- pregnant women
- quality improvement
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- respiratory tract
- case report
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- hepatitis c virus
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- weight loss
- adipose tissue
- human immunodeficiency virus
- skeletal muscle
- cervical cancer screening