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Meds in Liver Disease
Using of albumin for decompensated liver disease
As a hospital pharmacist, you’ll be asked about the role of IV albumin in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated liver disease . New evidence shows that giving these patients DAILY albumin to raise and maintain levels above 3 g/dL does NOT reduce infection, kidney dysfunction, or death. Plus albumin may increase pulmonary edema risk, and It is also expensiv…
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Meds in Liver Disease
Myths about drugs in chronic LIVER disease
As a pharmacist, you will hear myths perpetuated about medications in chronic liver disease. This means that patients with viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease , or cirrhosis can miss out on appropriate therapy. Get our note, " Prescribing medications in patients with liver cirrhosis "... Myth 1. Medications often impair liv…
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