by Eric Christianson | Apr 6, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
I can’t help but smile when providers dictate that a patient has a diagnosis of polypharmacy. Let’s cure that condition! These case studies are kind of challenging because you could go a few different directions, but they do certainly provide some...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 5, 2014 | Pharmacist Legislative Advocacy
I played a ton of baseball growing up and I want to use a baseball analogy to help describe where I feel we are at in this process. Tie ballgame, there’s two outs in the 9th, runner on third. You’ve just hit a high chopper to the shortstop who’s...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 3, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I’m extremely humbled and excited that I have to write this post tonight – From the early days on Facebook, to all the retweets on Twitter and followers from LinkedIn, the amount of support, kind words, and constructive comments has been overwhelming. ...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 2, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Endocrine Case Studies
Thyroid case tonight… I had a resident one time that was experiencing anxiety, tachycardia (increased pulse), weight loss, and was a nightmare as far as trying to manage behavioral issues. I had discussed the resident’s situation with the nursing staff,...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 30, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Endocrine Case Studies
In the case where an individual must be on a prednisone burst (or any other corticosteroid) diabetes management can often become very difficult. I had a 78 year old patient with diabetes who was fairly well managed. The A1C was hovering in the 7 range or lower and was...
