Table1 Characteristics of the patients included in the analysis (n=542)
3.2 Information on clinical pharmacists’ consultations
The detail information of 542 consultation cases are shown in Figure 2. From 2018 to 2020, the number of consultation cases were 94, 197 and 251 respectively. The number of general consultations, multidisciplinary difficult consultations, anti-infection consultations, non-anti-infection consultations, departments applying for general consultations and departments applying for multidisciplinary difficult consultations increased year by year. The number of departments applying for general consultations in the post-intervention group increased significantly compared with the pre-intervention group (53.6% vs 33.9%, P =0.036).
Among non-anti-infection consultation cases, consultations of individualized medication regimens and adverse reactions accounted for the highest proportion, both of which were 29.5% (18 cases). 14.8% (9 cases) were for the purpose of anticoagulation consultation, while 13.1% (8 cases) were for nutrition consultation, as were shown in Figure 3.