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...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 1, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
61 year old male with a history of diabetes, neuropathy, BPH presents complaining of not being able to sleep well at night. He states that he has been diagnosed with BPH and hasn’t wanted to be treated because it hasn’t been that bad. His current meds...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 29, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
When I’ve had students with me, they will often ask about multiple serotonin related drugs and risk of serotonin syndrome. A classic example of this is a patient on an SSRI and Tramadol. This combination is used frequently in practice. Serotonin syndrome is...
