Background: Heart failure is extensively characterized as a disorder arising from a complex interaction between impaired ventricular performance and neurohormonal activation. In order to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes, all heart failure patients must be managed by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers, using evidence-based Pharmacotherapy. Purpose: The aim of this article is to assess the clinical role of the Ghanaian Pharmacists in optimizing Pharmacotherapy for heart failure patients based on internationally established clinical roles of Pharmacists. Methods: A literature search was conducted via google scholar using the “search engine” terms: Pharmacist, Clinical Role, Heart failure to look for all studies published in English. The search revealed a total of 98 studies. Only the studies that discussed the role of the clinical Pharmacists specific to heart failure or generally for patients with cardiovascular diseases were included; All other studies were excluded. A Total of 54 studies were used for data analysis. Clinical Pharmacists who are somehow involved in the management of heart failure patients were interviewed to ascertain their roles as members of a multidisciplinary team and their responses documented. Conclusions: A Multidisciplinary team approach including a Clinical Pharmacists with expertise in cardiovascular therapeutics, is required in the management of heart failure patients in order to improve therapeutic outcomes. The current clinical role of the Ghanaian Pharmacist in the management of heart failure patients is substandard.
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Heart Failure, Pharmacist, Clinical Role, Evidence-based Pharmacotherapy
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abstract = {Background: Heart failure is extensively characterized as a disorder arising from a complex interaction between impaired ventricular performance and neurohormonal activation. In order to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes, all heart failure patients must be managed by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers, using evidence-based Pharmacotherapy. Purpose: The aim of this article is to assess the clinical role of the Ghanaian Pharmacists in optimizing Pharmacotherapy for heart failure patients based on internationally established clinical roles of Pharmacists. Methods: A literature search was conducted via google scholar using the “search engine” terms: Pharmacist, Clinical Role, Heart failure to look for all studies published in English. The search revealed a total of 98 studies. Only the studies that discussed the role of the clinical Pharmacists specific to heart failure or generally for patients with cardiovascular diseases were included; All other studies were excluded. A Total of 54 studies were used for data analysis. Clinical Pharmacists who are somehow involved in the management of heart failure patients were interviewed to ascertain their roles as members of a multidisciplinary team and their responses documented. Conclusions: A Multidisciplinary team approach including a Clinical Pharmacists with expertise in cardiovascular therapeutics, is required in the management of heart failure patients in order to improve therapeutic outcomes. The current clinical role of the Ghanaian Pharmacist in the management of heart failure patients is substandard.},
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