by Eric Christianson | May 24, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A 78 year old male was found driving around in his car making abnormal turns and proceeded to drive to a parking lot where he was driving in circles. He presents to the ER with primary symptoms of confusion and cognitive decline. Vital signs were fairly normal with...
by Eric Christianson | May 20, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
77 year old female has a past medical history including but not limited to: GERD, PMR, Hypertension, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Osteoporosis. Her current medication list includes: Ferrous Sulfate 325 daily Aspirin 81 mg daily Ranitidine 150 mg twice daily Prednisone 10...
by Eric Christianson | May 6, 2015 | Cardiovascular Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
An 81 year old male was diagnosed with a right knee deep venous thrombosis (DVT) during a several week stay in the Dominican Republic. He was started on warfarin, dose and duration unknown, and instructed to present to the emergency department upon his return to the...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 26, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Pain management in the elderly is something I deal with on a daily basis. It can be extremely challenging as there are potential negatives of using medications around every corner. Here’s a case that highlights a few challenges: 88 year old male with a history...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 12, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Hematology and Immunology Case Studies
A 21 year old African American male patient with no pertinent medical history presented to the ED by EMS in pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest. As per family at bedside, patient had been having cough with no sputum, headache, fatigue, bloody diarrhea,...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 5, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Respiratory Case Studies
75 year old African American female with history of chronic heart failure (CHF), hypertension, atrial fibrillation with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), diabetes mellitus, asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), came to the ED with a...
