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Mary Beth Shirk

Medicine · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1978
Electrolyte and hormonal disordersSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsPharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

Publications

25

Citations

281

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
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Mary Beth Shirk's work focuses on pharmacy practice in emergency and critical care settings, including how pharmacists can improve follow-up on blood cultures and lab results for discharged emergency department patients, medication choices during patient sedation and intubation, and antibiotic use in trauma care. Her research also touches on workforce issues such as burnout among emergency medicine pharmacists and broader survey-based assessments of emergency pharmacy practice nationally.

Emergency department pharmacy practiceAntibiotic and infection managementPharmacist roles in patient safety and follow-up careCritical care sedation and intubation medicationsPharmacist workforce and burnout

Publication output has been low and intermittent over the last decade, averaging fewer than one paper per year with no clear growth or decline pattern.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication192020: 2 publications22021222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy×3
  • Hospital Pharmacy×1
  • JACCP JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY×1
  • Surgical Infections×1
  • The American Journal of Emergency Medicine×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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