Pharmacy Joe

MAY 10, 2023

Proponents of this technique advocate that the pre-oxygenation step is essential for good patient outcomes while critics argue that the establishment of a definitive airway in a patient with impending respiratory failure should not be delayed even if it means skipping pre-oxygenation.

Inpatient 52

Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 10, 2021

This scoring system is specifically designed for predicting coagulation disturbances in sepsis using the Sepsis-3 definition. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

Inpatient 40

Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

JULY 24, 2024

Episode 942: Mannitol administration for elevated intracranial pressure Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The definitive treatment for elevated intracranial pressure is to fix the underlying cause. Until definitive treatment can be arranged, temporary treatments to lower intracranial pressure such as mannitol may be employed.

Inpatient 52

Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The patients enrolled definitely represented a cohort with severe acute pain as the median baseline pain score was 10/10. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– out of 10.

Inpatient 52

Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

While this is a tiny, single-center study that should be replicated before drawing definitive conclusions, it does give extra weight to the opinions of the review discussed in episode 957 that low dose ketamine might not deserve a guideline recommendation suggesting it be used routinely as an adjunct for analgosedation in all ICU patients.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

APRIL 16, 2025

The definition of good or excellent hemostasis was based on the Sarode criteria (Table 3 of this document ) which has been used in most other studies looking at the effectiveness of andexanet or PCCs. The primary safety outcome was the occurrence of a thrombotic event during their hospital stay.

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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 17, 2022

The patients enrolled definitely represented a cohort with severe acute pain as the median baseline pain score was 10/10. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– out of 10.

Inpatient 52

Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

JULY 24, 2022

Episode 733: How a pharmacist can ensure the best possible outcomes for status epilepticus Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Whenever I encounter a hospital inpatient with an acute seizure, I make sure that I have IV lorazepam available. Most seizures stop after about 2 minutes.

Inpatient 52

Inpatient Hospitals 52

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

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?

Nursing Homes 52

Nursing Homes Inpatient Hospitals 52

Pharmacy Joe

MAY 24, 2020

The points are then added and depending on the total the likelihood of the medication in question causing the ADR is judged to be definite, probable, possible or doubtful. This definition excludes therapeutic failures, intentional and accidental poisoning, and drug abuse.

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Adverse Reactions Hospitals Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 5, 2022

After this procedure where a paralytic such as succinylcholine or rocuronium has been used along with a short-acting sedative such as propofol, ketamine, or etomidate, a definitive plan for ongoing sedation and analgesia must be made. To get immediate access go to pharmacyjoe.com/academy.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient Communication 52

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

After this procedure where a paralytic such as succinylcholine or rocuronium has been used along with a short-acting sedative such as propofol, ketamine, or etomidate, a definitive plan for ongoing sedation and analgesia must be made. Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Rapid sequence intubation is a common procedure in the ED.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient Communication 52

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

After this procedure where a paralytic such as succinylcholine or rocuronium has been used along with a short-acting sedative such as propofol, ketamine, or etomidate, a definitive plan for ongoing sedation and analgesia must be made. Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Rapid sequence intubation is a common procedure in the ED.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient Communication 52

Pharmacy Joe

JULY 16, 2023

While this study has aspects that appear to favor sodium bicarb use, the larger study will need to be completed before a definitive widespread recommendation to use bicarb to treat metabolic acidosis can be made. To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

Inpatient 52

Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

MAY 12, 2021

The authors state that prospective randomized controlled trials are needed in order to confirm the results and draw more definitive conclusions about the efficacy and safety of 25 versus 50 units/kg of 4FPCC. To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient Hospitals 40

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

APRIL 4, 2024

The Addiction Medicine Certification Exam is broken up into 4 core content areas, ranging from general definitions to ethical and legal issues in practice. Which topics are covered on the Addiction Medicine Exam?

Inpatient 40

Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

APRIL 3, 2022

Episode 701: Mannitol administration for elevated intracranial pressure Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The definitive treatment for elevated intracranial pressure is to fix the underlying cause. Until definitive treatment can be arranged, temporary treatments to lower intracranial pressure such as mannitol may be employed.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

JANUARY 27, 2021

After this procedure where a paralytic such as succinylcholine or rocuronium has been used along with a short-acting sedative such as propofol, ketamine, or etomidate, a definitive plan for ongoing sedation and analgesia must be made. Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Rapid sequence intubation is a common procedure in the ED.

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Inpatient Communication 40

Pharmacy Joe

MARCH 27, 2024

This new document now contains a definitive list of all guidance statements using the most recent version from the previous publications. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

Documentation 52

Documentation Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 17, 2022

The patients enrolled definitely represented a cohort with severe acute pain as the median baseline pain score was 10/10. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– out of 10.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

JULY 24, 2022

Episode 733: How a pharmacist can ensure the best possible outcomes for status epilepticus Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Whenever I encounter a hospital inpatient with an acute seizure, I make sure that I have IV lorazepam available. Most seizures stop after about 2 minutes.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient Hospitals 40

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

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?

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Inpatient Hospitals 40

Pharmacy Joe

MAY 30, 2021

To the extent that this meta-analysis is a representation of real-world use of these two agents, this analysis suggests that despite andexanet alfa’s higher quality of evidence, a conclusion of superiority cannot be drawn and it may be reasonable to consider either agent until definitive data becomes available.

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Inpatient Hospitals 40

Pharmacy Joe

JULY 17, 2022

A 2021 meta-analysis published in Critical Care Medicine suggested that despite andexanet alfa’s higher quality of evidence, a conclusion of superiority cannot be drawn and it may be reasonable to consider either agent until definitive data becomes available.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 5, 2022

After this procedure where a paralytic such as succinylcholine or rocuronium has been used along with a short-acting sedative such as propofol, ketamine, or etomidate, a definitive plan for ongoing sedation and analgesia must be made. To get immediate access go to pharmacyjoe.com/academy.

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Hospitals Inpatient Communication 40

Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A future multicenter study might be able to clarify this, however this study did take about 6 years from start to publication so there is not likely going to be a definitive answer anytime soon and the debate over whether to use etomidate over ketamine will continue.

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The Physician Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

3 Months of Surgery (Inpatient, Preceptorship, Elective). Months of Family Medicine (Outpatient > Inpatient). Months of Pediatrics (Inpatient = Outpatient). 3 Months of Internal Medicine (Inpatient, Preceptorship, Elective). Months of OB/GYN (L&D, Surgical, Outpatient). Months of Psychiatry.

Medical Schools 52

Medical Schools Inpatient Hospitals 52

Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 14, 2020

are more provocative than definitive, suggesting that the potential prevention benefits of hydroxychloroquine remain to be determined. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharma cist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Adverse Reactions Inpatient 40

Putting Patients First Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2024

CMS is proposing setting a 20% coinsurance/equivalent copayment limit for behavioral health services, eliminating cost-sharing for opioid treatment program services, and capping inpatient psychiatric service cost sharing to 100% of Medicare Fee-For-Services levels.

Medication Therapy Management (MTM) 52

Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Biosimilars Inpatient Communication 52

Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Another intervention is required to remove the excess potassium from the patient and provide a definitive solution to acute hyperkalemia. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Inpatient Labelling 40

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Dr. Mike, also known as Mikhail Varshavski, is well known to the Instagram world, if you haven’t yet then definitely give Doctor Mike a follow today. passionate about quality inpatient adult health care. Jen Trachtenberg (@askdrjen) on Sep 24, 2020 at 3:41pm PDT. Mike Varshavski, MD. doctor.mike . View this post on Instagram.

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Hospitals Medical Schools Inpatient Diabetes 98

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Another rejected proposal was a definition of “vaccine” (vaccines are exempt from Medicaid rebates), which would have limited this term to a product that is administered prophylactically – i.e., to prevent rather than treat a disease. 1396r-8(k)(3). date of payment, date of shipment, date of invoice, etc.).

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Vaccines Inpatient Packaging Documentation 59

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Today, at an outpatient practice or in an inpatient hospital, a healthcare provider is asking themselves: Can we do this differently or better? Bench to bedside: In its definition, the National Institute of Health characterizes EBM as “the intersection of research, evidence and clinical practice.”

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Medical Schools Hospitals Inpatient Packaging 52

Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The primary outcome was hemostatic efficacy and grading definitions were similar to those used in the ANNEXA-4 study. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Hospitals Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 29, 2021

While this may be true, the definition of simultaneous administration was fairly loose, meaning only that the administration of the two medications happened on the same day, not within a specific number of minutes from each other.

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Hospitals Inpatient 40

RX Note

JUNE 3, 2023

What is the definition of Zero and first order reaction Bioavailability Elimination rate constant Half-life Steady-state Given a drug has volume distribution of 0.2 Also, discuss the importance of quality control and calibration in ELISA. What are the indications of therapeutic drug monitoring ? L/kg and elimination clearance of 7L/hour.

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Health and Personal Care Stores Chemotherapy Compounding Dosage 40

The Physician Pharmacist

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Nathan Gartland Wow, that's it's definitely a unique way into the profession. So everybody comes in with their own unique experiences, their background, and my pharmacy background definitely set me apart, definitely set me up for success, and gave me a unique perspective to medicine. I think I'm gonna go to pharmacy school now.

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Medical Schools Hospitals Inpatient Pharmacy Technician 52