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Fantastic Guest Post tonight coutesy: Kishan Patel Wilkes University Pharm.D Candidate Class of 2016 28 yo F was admitted to hospital for osteomyelitis and developed a clot after PICC line insertion. Her PMH includes Cystic Fibrosis, malnutrition, no hx of malignancies, and no previous DVT. She is 5 feet tall and weighs 58lbs. She is […]
Read MoreI 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 difference! Please demonstrate the value and challenge of medication management by sharing your story! Another guest […]
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Inevitably, several times a year, while reviewing a patient’s medications, notes, labs, etc. I will come across a lab that was drawn on an individual that is totally puzzling to me. You may see Coumadin discontinued due to various reasons, but many times it is due to high risk of bleeding or something similar to […]
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Guest Post via – Luka Tehovnik, who is a final year pharmacy student from Slovenia! You can find his blog here: http://thoughtsbecamewords.wordpress.com/ 59 y/o female had a history of recurrent spontaneous hematoma, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and recent DVT. She was on Lovenox (enoxaparin) with planned transition to Coumadin (warfarin) when INR was therapeutic for […]
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I had a doctor a year or two ago ask for my input (off the record) on a patient that she was struggling with. Coumadin and INR management was the issue. I think I recall the term “roller coaster” when the doc described the case to me. So we sat and chatted for a few […]
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