by Eric Christianson | Mar 12, 2014 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
An 88 year old female was struggling with incontinence. Upon a nursing assessment, this patient was frequently incontinent throughout the day and night. For her Congestive Heart Failure, the patient needed increased doses of diuretics which obviously can make things...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 9, 2014 | Cardiovascular Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Endocrine Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
88 y/o with a history of depressive type symptoms was placed on an antidepressant to manage symptoms shortly after admission to a long term care facility. This particular patient was trialed on Zoloft (sertraline) and then transitioned to Cymbalta (duloxetine),...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 5, 2014 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
I can’t say thank you enough to all the aids, nurses and others who help take care of those who cannot care for themselves. This has really been in and out my mind the last few weeks and I can’t quite shake it…I was working at a facility at one of...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 2, 2014 | Medication Errors
I had a case a while back where a patient had an elevated TSH at around 13. The patient was on a dose of 112 mcg 2 tablets daily. If you put yourself in the shoes of the provider, you can imagine seeing a large number of faxes/orders that you have to review in a day...
