Consider Antibiotics as a Potential Cause of CNS Effects
It's often a surprise when antibiotics cause adverse CNS effects (confusion, delirium…
Know Who Should Get Penicillin for Sickle Cell Disease
Overview Penicillin prophylaxis for pediatric sickle cell disease (SCD) needs your atte…
Best Practices for Administering Beta-Lactams
Questions are coming up about using prolonged infusions of beta-lactam doses due to new i…
Managing Acute Sinusitis: Bacterial vs. Viral and Treatment Strategies
Introduction As a clinical pharmacist, you will be asked to distinguish between bacter…
Debunking Common Antimicrobial Myths
Overview As a clinical pharmacist, you possess the expertise to debunk common antimicro…
Antibiotics for urinary tract infections in ELDERLY patients
As a clinical pharmacist, you will be asked more, which antibiotics should be recommended…
Treating serious STREP infections
Overview As a clinical pharmacist, The uptick in severe cases will raise questions abo…
Empiric antibiotics for intra-abdominal infections
Overview Complicated intra-abdominal infections are problems in clinical practice and …
Meronem dose is easier than Tienam in renal failure
As a clinical pharmacy specialist, doctors will often ask you about the difference betwee…
Antibiotic use for SKIN infections
As a clinical pharmacist, you will get questions about empiric antibiotic choices for pat…
Treat ENDOcarditis patients
Introduction As a clinical pharmacist, you will see changes in endocarditis treatment d…
Update your MSSA bacteremia protocols
As a clinical pharmacist, you will see more interest in utilizing Staphylococcus aureus …
Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery
As a hospital pharmacist, you will see changes for antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery. Thi…
Use SYSTEMIC quinolones as last option in kids
As a pediatric pharmacist, you will see more clarity about the role of quinolones in CHI…