by Eric Christianson | Jun 3, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Endocrine Case Studies
Working in geriatrics, you run into a lot of tough questions where there isn’t always a perfect answer. Setting a goal A1C is sometimes one of those challenges. Here’s a scenario where a patient has an A1C of 8.2. Under most conditions, an A1C of 8.2 is...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 8, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
SK is an 80 year old male with a history of BPH, hypertension, CAD, diabetes, and atrial fibrillation. His current medications include: Warfarin – goal INR 2-3 Aspirin 81 mg daily Lisinopril 10 mg once daily Tamsulosin 0.8 mg once daily Finasteride 5 mg once daily...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 4, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Respiratory Case Studies
You can’t tell everything from a medication list, but you can certainly begin to formulate questions and identify possible areas of concern. What do you notice that seems a little wacky? Here’s a patient with severe asthma, on multiple medications: Advair...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 1, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Respiratory Case Studies
It is well known that beta-blockers can affect the beta-2 receptors and potentially cause issues with breathing. Non-selective beta-blockers like propranolol may be even higher risk for causing these symptoms. I discuss more in-depth about the pharmacology...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 21, 2018 | Dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
I’ve had a lot of great clinical pharmacist educators donate case studies and I’m so appreciative of them helping me in my mission to educate healthcare professionals about medication safety. Amanuel Tseggai, Pharm.D., BCPS has donated this interesting...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 28, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
A 63 year old female presents with complaints of taking too many medications and that her “my medications are making me sick”. In addition, she reports that she feels nauseated every morning after breakfast and associates it with her morning pills. She...
