Surgical pharmacy: the knowledge system of surgical pharmacists.

After creating the position of surgical pharmacist in China,1 we have thought about the knowledge system of surgical pharmacists. Surgical pharmacists play a unique role in clinical practice, and so they must have a unique knowledge system, which we have named ‘surgical pharmacy’. We defined surgical pharmacy as a discipline that studies the characteristics of perioperative medication, seeks the most suitable medication therapy, and addresses drug-related problems for perioperative patients, to improve the clinical outcome of these patients. Consistent with the opinion stated in our published paper,1 we believe that surgical pharmacy involves the whole process of drug management during the perioperative period, and that medication therapy should be based on the clinical characteristics of perioperative patients, such as anti-infection, …