article thumbnail

Episode 751: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

Pharmacy Joe

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

article thumbnail

Episode 668: Is oral valganciclovir really as good as IV ganciclovir for the treatment of CMV infection?

Pharmacy Joe

The VICTOR trial was a randomized international study published in 2007 and showed that success rates for viremia eradication and treatment success were no different between oral or IV therapy at days 21 and 49. However the data these recommendations are based on is extensive and goes back several years.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Episode 751: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

Pharmacy Joe

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

article thumbnail

Clinical Pharmacy

RX Note

Any special dosing of drugs may also be supported with reasons written on drug charts so that pharmacists at inpatient can take note. External Links Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2018 Clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy staffing, and hospital mortality rates, 2007 Drugs stored in the refrigerator should be endorsed "Fridge".

article thumbnail

Episode 546: Top performing resuscitation teams are more likely to include pharmacists

Pharmacy Joe

At that time, in 2007, about one-third of hospitals had pharmacists on their resuscitation teams, and this was associated with a statistically significant reduction in patient deaths to the level of 12,880 per year. This is in addition to many other resources to help in your practice.

article thumbnail

The OCD and Hashimoto’s Connection

The Thyroid Pharmacist

The Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients. 2007 Jul;17(7):609-12. [92] Published 2019 Sep 12. doi:10.1038/s41398-019-0559-6 [77] Danan A, Westman EC, Saslow LR, Ede G. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:951376. Published 2022 Jul 6. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.951376 link] -compulsive-disorder/. [91]

article thumbnail

Episode 979: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

Pharmacy Joe

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?