Pharmacy Consult
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Episode 25- Procainamide for atrial fibrillation/flutter conversion
Should we be giving procainamide to patients with atrial fibrillation/ flutter in the ER setting? We discuss two clinical trials that may give us some answers.
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Episode 23- The ammonia level: what is it good for?
Should we be using ammonia levels to diagnose, determine the severity, or monitor the resolution of hepatic encephalopathy?
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Episode 22- One-time IV antibiotics prior to discharge
Is giving your patient a one-time dose of IV antibiotics prior to discharge helpful? Or are you doing more harm than good? Tune in this week to find out!
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Episode 19- Public service announcement: stop the steroid bomb!
Stop the steroid bomb! If you are giving 125 mg IV methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol) to your asthma or COPD exacerbation patients, that may be too much.
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Episode 18- Ventilator-associated tracheo-what?
Tune in as we discuss ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis and what the guidelines say we should do about this little-known entity!
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Episode 15- The misleading “sulfa” allergy
Today, we discuss what it means to have a "sulfa" allergy. Are things such as furosemide and tamsulosin really contraindicated in these patients?
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Episode 14- SARS-CoV-2 antibody test
What does a negative or positive antibody test mean? Should it change our behavior? Do we have to view the results in the setting of where we are located? Tune in this week!
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Episode 9- Carbapenem-resistant but cephalosporin-sensitive pseudomonas
This week, we discuss a strange and rare pseudomonas phenotype. Find out why these strains are resistant to carbapenems but usually not other antibiotics.
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Episode 8- Is glucagon effective for relieving esophageal foreign bodies/food impactions?
In this week's episode, we discuss a recently-published meta-analysis and summarize a couple of guidelines that discuss the management of esophageal foreign bodies/ food boluses.
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Episode 6- Can we use corticosteroids to reduce reintubation rates?
In this episode, we discuss the use of prophylactic corticosteroids for patients at high risk of reintubation. Please leave us a comment for your chance to win a medically-related prize!