by Eric Christianson | Sep 17, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Looking over this medication list, there’s plenty of stuff to pick on, I’m going to limit myself to two things to further investigate and let you all help with the rest. Feel free to speculate on diagnosis, appropriate alternatives, potential causes of...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 14, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I am really appreciative of the thoughtful pharmacists who’ve donated their time to help provide real, relevant medication education for healthcare professionals – With well over 35,000 page view since the start of the year, your contribution is making a...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 10, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Use of brand names to identify medications can be confusing for healthcare professionals, much less patients! When I think about the two name naming system in the U.S., it really doesn’t enhance patient care and leads to confusion. Although the following case...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 7, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Infectious Disease and Oncology Case Studies, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Possible Acyclovir Neurotoxicity Compounding a Differential Diagnosis of Vascular Dementia with Dementia versus Frontotemporal Dementia Donna M. Lisi, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, PRS, Drug Information Specialist, St. Barnabas Health Care System, South Plainfield, NJ Connect...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 3, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Medication errors are always a challenging topic to address because it is no fun to make an error, and there is always the possibility of patient harm due to an error. Here’s a case example where the way an order is written can make things more difficult to...
