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Episode 979: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

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While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, he served as incident commander and interim president for the hospital, leading the creation of Maryland’s only inpatient Covid-19 behavioral health unit. The hospital sees over 36,000 emergency visits, 5,600 inpatient admissions and 900 births annually. Cristina Contreras.

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She oversees a wide-ranging portfolio, spanning advocacy, volunteer services, interpreting, integrative care and inpatient logistics, helping to unite clinical and non-clinical teams in human-centered care provision. Geiss was the associate director of nursing at the hospital from 2007-15. Before her current role, Ms. Sven Gierlinger.

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Episode 751: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

Pharmacy Joe

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

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Episode 668: Is oral valganciclovir really as good as IV ganciclovir for the treatment of CMV infection?

Pharmacy Joe

The VICTOR trial was a randomized international study published in 2007 and showed that success rates for viremia eradication and treatment success were no different between oral or IV therapy at days 21 and 49. However the data these recommendations are based on is extensive and goes back several years.

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Episode 751: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

Pharmacy Joe

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

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Any special dosing of drugs may also be supported with reasons written on drug charts so that pharmacists at inpatient can take note. External Links Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2018 Clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy staffing, and hospital mortality rates, 2007 Drugs stored in the refrigerator should be endorsed "Fridge".