Update your SEPSIS protocols
Introduction As a critical care pharmacist, you will hear ongoing debate about MANAGIN…
Meronem dose is easier than Tienam in renal failure
As a clinical pharmacy specialist, doctors will often ask you about the difference betwee…
Update your MSSA bacteremia protocols
As a clinical pharmacist, you will see more interest in utilizing Staphylococcus aureus …
Meronem NOT Tienam is favored in the setting of seizures
Meropenem ( Meronem ) is the second antipseudomonal carbapenem antibiotic to hit the mark…
How to identify SEPTIC patients
There will be confusion about how to identify septic patients due to new Sepsis-3 criteri…
ICU patients may require HIGH sedative doses
As a critical care pharmacist, you will care for more patients who need higher-than-avera…
Treat toxicity from local anesthetics with IV lipids
As a hospital pharmacist, you will play a bigger role in treating toxicity from local ane…
The optimal treatment for MRSA bacteremia in adults
As a hospital pharmacist, you will ask yourself questions about the optimal treatment for…
Monitor VANCOMYCIN with AUC/MIC goals
As a hospital pharmacist, you will see a shift toward monitoring vancomycin using AUC/MIC…
Wait to RENALLY adjust antibiotics in septic patients
Questions continue to come up about how to initially dose antibiotics in severe sepsis o…
Optimize INITIAL antibiotic dosing in septic patients
Sepsis is now the leading cause of 30-day hospital readmissions, spurring hospitals to co…
Consider adding INHALED antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia
Questions will come up about adding nebulized antibiotics for gram-negative ventilator-as…
Empiric antimicrobial management of sepsis
Definitions Bacteremia is simply the presence of bacteria in the blood. Systemic in…
Antibiotic protocol for bacterial meningitis or suspected meningococcal disease
When to treat Diagnosis of bacterial meningitis may be difficult as symptoms are sim…