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Labels: Infectious Diseases

Know Who Should Get Penicillin for Sickle Cell Disease

Know Who Should Get Penicillin for Sickle Cell Disease

Overview Penicillin prophylaxis for pediatric sickle cell disease (SCD) needs your atte…
How to Choose the Right Pressor for Septic Shock?

How to Choose the Right Pressor for Septic Shock?

Overview When patients with septic shock fail to respond to norepinephrine, determini…
Best Practices for Administering Beta-Lactams

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

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

Debunking Common Antimicrobial Myths

Overview As a clinical pharmacist, you possess the expertise to debunk common antimicro…
Update your SEPSIS protocols

Update your SEPSIS protocols

Introduction As a critical care pharmacist, you will hear ongoing debate about MANAGIN…
Antibiotics for urinary tract infections in ELDERLY patients

Antibiotics for urinary tract infections in ELDERLY patients

As a clinical pharmacist, you will be asked more, which antibiotics should be recommended…
Chronic azithromycin to PREVENT COPD exacerbations

Chronic azithromycin to PREVENT COPD exacerbations

As a hospital pharmacist, you will see some patients taking chronic azithromycin to PREVE…
Help manage Candida auris

Help manage Candida auris

As a critical care pharmacist, you should know how to manage the multidrug-resistant yeas…
Treating serious STREP infections

Treating serious STREP infections

Overview As a clinical pharmacist, The uptick in severe cases will raise questions abo…
Helping patients cope with long COVID

Helping patients cope with long COVID

As a clinical pharmacist, patients will need your help managing long COVID, when symptoms…
How to treat FUNGAL NAIL infections

How to treat FUNGAL NAIL infections

As a community pharmacist, patients will ask you how to get rid of fungal nail infections…
Manage ENDOcarditis due to injection drug use

Manage ENDOcarditis due to injection drug use

As a hospital pharmacist, you will see a new focus on treating endocarditis in people who…
Act FAST when treating febrile neutropenia

Act FAST when treating febrile neutropenia

As a clinical pharmacist, you should act fast when treating febrile neutropenia. Febrile …
Empiric antibiotics for intra-abdominal infections

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

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

Antibiotic use for SKIN infections

As a clinical pharmacist, you will get questions about empiric antibiotic choices for pat…

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