Hospital A/P, Adults, HOSPITAL MEDICINE, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Should you use NS, LR, or 1/2 NS as Maintenance fluids? Serum osmolality = 2 (Na+) + Glucose/18 + BUN/2.8 Notice that sodium plays a bigger part in determining your osmolality than glucose. That’s why D5 1⁄2 NS is not an isotonic solution. As such, D5 1⁄2 NS is NOT...
Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
The following are four medications you can use to treat migraines in an urgent setting in hospital, ER, or Clinic Start with Sumatriptan 6 mg subcutaneous injection Antiemetics/Dopamine receptor blockers : Metoclopramide 10 mg intravenous (IV) Prochlorperazine 10 mg...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Anticoagulants Presentation, Kenneth Acha MD IEHP Formulary: Eliquis 2.5 Mg Tablet Eliquis 5 Mg Tablet Rivaroxaban should be taken with food, and it interacts with cytochrome P450 3A4 and P-glycoprotein inhibitors. Dabigatran may be affected by P-glycoprotein inducers...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
From WebMD “Beta-blockers are a class of drugs used to control symptoms of heart failure that are made worse by certain hormones called catecholamines. The body releases these hormones as part of its response to heart failure. For this and other reasons,...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Recommended dose range / Starting dose Escitalopram 5-20 mg / 10mg Fluoxetine 20-80 mg / 20mg Sertraline 25-200 mg / 50mg Paroxetine 10-40 mg / 20mg Citalopram 10-40 mg / 20mg ** For patients with panic d/o, PTSD or any panic related d/o, the starting dose should be...
Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults, PAIN MANAGEMENT, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Pain Management – PRN Medications. Oral Opioid Medications. How to Write Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Orders. Opioid Conversions. Opioid allergies and cross-reactivity. Opioid selection, principles. Pain Management for patients with Allergic Reaction to...
