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STAT+: DOJ investigating Community Health Systems’ hospitals

STAT

Federal investigators asked CHS to hand over documents that covered “practices and procedures related to utilization review, inpatient admissions, and inpatient dialysis at our hospitals.”

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

Pharmacy Joe

Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document! 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. appeared first on Pharmacy Joe.

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

Pharmacy Joe

Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document! 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. appeared first on Pharmacy Joe.

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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

A total of 184 patients met the criteria of presenting to the ED and being admitted for bacterial infection, having a reported beta-lactam allergy history that was moderate, severe, or unknown in nature, and who did not have a documented history of beta-lactam tolerance. He experienced a rash to the piperacillin-tazobactam as an inpatient.

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The Febrile Infant: Incorporating the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

Children 29 days or older with fever from a documented viral source can be managed according to their clinical presentation and can go outside the algorithm. This requires a documented positive viral swab and not just a presentation consistent with a viral syndrome. What should be done if the viral panel is positive ?

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Episode 962: What Antibiotics Are Best At Toxin Inhibition?

Pharmacy Joe

Clindamycin is given a strong recommendation by the IDSA to be added to penicillin for treatment of documented group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. 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 812: Can You IV Push Piperacillin/Tazobactam?

Pharmacy Joe

There were no infusion-related reactions including phlebitis or IV site reactions that were documented. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharma cist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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