by Eric Christianson | Aug 31, 2025 | Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
RS is a 62-year-old male with a history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and metastatic colorectal cancer. He presents to the clinic with complaints of numbness, tingling, and burning pain in both feet that have been gradually worsening over the...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 27, 2025 | Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
In this hyperkalemia case study, I outline the importance of paying attention when medications are discontinued. EN is a 78-year-old female with chronic kidney disease stage 4, hypertension, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and type 2 diabetes. She had...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 24, 2025 | Infectious Disease and Oncology Case Studies
KE is a 72-year-old female residing in a long-term care facility. She was recently started on ciprofloxacin 500 mg PO BID for a complicated urinary tract infection caused by E. coli. Over the past week, nursing staff noticed she continued to spike fevers, complain of...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 20, 2025 | Clinical Guideline Updates For Pharmacists
The 2025 Hypertension guidelines are out! The alphabet soup of groups that contributed to the guidelines are as follows: AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM – I didn’t make that up! I made my way through the guidelines and wanted to...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 17, 2025 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
Mrs. H is an 82-year-old resident in a long-term care facility with a history of generalized anxiety disorder, COPD, osteoarthritis, hypertension, insomnia, GERD, and mild cognitive impairment. She is taking duplicate PRN anxiety medications. Her full medication list...
