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Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document!

Pharmacy Joe

This meant that any unchanged guidance statements from the 2012 9th edition were still considered to be part of the guidelines, but were not reprinted in the 2016 document. These 5 statements and their rationale for deletion are as follows: From 2012: Statement 2.5.2

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Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document!

Pharmacy Joe

This meant that any unchanged guidance statements from the 2012 9th edition were still considered to be part of the guidelines, but were not reprinted in the 2016 document. These 5 statements and their rationale for deletion are as follows: From 2012: Statement 2.5.2

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Episode 919: The problem with hypo-osmolar solutions in neurological patients

Pharmacy Joe

Further information on what fluids to avoid in these patients is provided by a 2012 analysis of the Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation study. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Episode 782: Wernicke’s Encephalopathy Treatment During an IV Thiamine Shortage

Pharmacy Joe

However, a study published in 2012 in BMC Clinical Pharmacology challenges that concept and seems to show that at very high doses there must be some form of passive, non-saturable absorption of thiamine. Healthy subjects were given oral thiamine at doses of 100 mg, 500 mg, and 1500 mg.

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Understanding the Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

between 2012 and 2015. The study said, “Most of these specialists were advanced practitioners, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, delivering post-acute care.”

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Episode 679: The problem with hypo-osmolar solutions in neurological patients

Pharmacy Joe

Further information on what fluids to avoid in these patients is provided by a 2012 analysis of the Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation study. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Episode 782: Wernicke’s Encephalopathy Treatment During an IV Thiamine Shortage

Pharmacy Joe

However, a study published in 2012 in BMC Clinical Pharmacology challenges that concept and seems to show that at very high doses there must be some form of passive, non-saturable absorption of thiamine. Healthy subjects were given oral thiamine at doses of 100 mg, 500 mg, and 1500 mg.