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Labels: Antibiotics in ICU

Update your SEPSIS protocols

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

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

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

Meronem NOT Tienam is favored in the setting of seizures

Meropenem ( Meronem ) is the second antipseudomonal carbapenem antibiotic to hit the mark…
The optimal treatment for MRSA bacteremia in adults

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

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

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

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

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

Empiric antimicrobial management of sepsis

Definitions Bacteremia is simply the presence of bacteria in the blood. Systemic in…
Antibiotic dosing requirements in patients with chronic kidney disease and dialysis

Antibiotic dosing requirements in patients with chronic kidney disease and dialysis

OVERVIEW ― We're getting questions about how to dose oral antibiotics with dialysis …

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