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Antidote For Isoniazid-Induced Seizures
First entry in the High-Yield MED Reviews BCCCP give away – Antidote For Isoniazid-Induced Seizures. Read More
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DVT / PE
The coagulation cascade, at least the way I learned it in pharmacy school, needs to be burned. The next time you’re looking at an adaptation of this pathway, point out the platelet. If you can’t, don’t continue to read that source. 66 year old male being discharged from the ED with diagnosis of DVT. Will… Read More
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation – the old debate of rate versus rhythm rages on but there are fundamental aspects that all EM pharmacists must know. – Art credit: “Autumn Rhythm” Jackson Pollock Read More
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I Have Andexanet Issues, 2: A Formulary Toolkit
Zahra Nasrazadani, PharmD, BCPS Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist Salina Regional Health Center A few months ago, Kristina Kipp wrote her inaugural EMCrit article enumerating her (extremely justified) concerns with the data we had available at the time regarding andexanet alfa…or should I say “coagulation factor Xa (recombinant), inactivated-zhzo”(1)? Since then—and in a somewhat perverse order… Read More
Dose Banding for Pediatric Medications
If you go to any medication aisle of a store, you can find a wide selection of medications for pediatric patients. Everything from analgesics, cough and cold medications, and agents for gastrointestinal relief. Being a new parent myself, in learning the many ins and outs of infanthood, I did notice something that struck me as… Read More
