More clinical questions pt. 5
1. Can Diamox ER caps be opened and sprinkled? They are not on ISMP list and package insert doesn't mention anything about not doing it.
2. Anyone ever used glucagon for someone choking on food? What dose? How effective is it? Any superior alternatives?
3. Does heparin have a max dose for treatment of PE/VTE? I know it does for cardiac dosing but can't find anything for this indication
4. Can you assume susceptibility to zosyn also confers susceptibility to augmentin and unasyn in...
More clinical questions pt. 5 (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 1, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: GravityBeetle Tags: Pharmacy Source Type: forums
OB case
30 yo female morbidly obese (BMI of 48) 35weeks pregnant with urosepsis. Currently hypotensive 80-90/40-50 in ICU on 10mcg norepinephrine and beginning to contract every 2 min. On Zosyn but the baby isn't tolerating anything well. OB calls for ceserean.
What's your plan? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 12, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Noyac Source Type: forums
If you had to choose an agent for febrile neutropenia ...
Say you're writing the hospital guidelines for febrile neutropenia. Obviously you'd have to take into patient specific factors when selecting an agent for each patient, but if you had to choose between cefepime, zosyn, or a carbapenem as your recommended first line agent in your guidelines, which would you choose and why? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 14, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: pharmd009 Source Type: forums
Allergic reactions to Antibotics
Hi.. I have posted before that last Oct. a year ago this month, my grandson had a terrible reaction to the antibiotics the doctors believe it was the cefepime and possibly the vancomycin. He had steven Johnson syndrome, I cannot tell you how terrible it was for my family but most of all for Connor. He did recover and we do feel lucky because it could have been a lot worse he responded to the steroid treatment, but it took over a month for him to recover.
Since that time my grandson Connor has had a reaction to 2 other antibiotics. He has a allergist that follows him, a derm specialist and his CF team. The docs told us C...
Source: Cystic Fibrosis Families Forum - October 13, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Carol H Tags: Families Source Type: forums
