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COVID-19 Hospital Burden Associated With Increased Inpatient Adverse Events Among Patients With and Without COVID-19

Pharmacy Times

High COVID-19 hospital caseload strain led to increases in inpatient adverse events among patients both with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Episode 925: What are the risk factors for serious and general opioid-related adverse drug events?

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss an article about risk factors for serious and general opioid-related adverse drug events. Episode 925: What are the risk factors for serious and general opioid-related adverse drug events? The patient mix was roughly 2.5:1 1 in favor of surgical to medical patients.

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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

Furthermore, even in the event of a true and serious allergy to penicillin, cross-allergenicity with cephalosporins is low and the reaction is mediated by B-cell memory which fades over time, often within 10 years. He experienced a rash to the piperacillin-tazobactam as an inpatient. She experienced itching in the ED.

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Episode 686: What are the risks for serious and general opioid-related adverse drug events?

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss an article about serious and general opioid-related adverse drug events. Episode 686: What are the risks for serious and general opioid-related adverse drug events? The authors found that patients at high risk for severe opioid-related adverse events had COPD, neurological failure, or renal disease.

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Bristol Myers Squibb’s cell therapy gets USFDA nod for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma

Express Pharma

Any grade neurologic events (NEs) occurred in 31 per cent of patients, with Grade > 3 NEs occurring in 10 per cent of patients. Patients in the TRANSCEND FL study were treated in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Treatment process includes leukapheresis, manufacturing, administration, and adverse event monitoring.

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Episode 803: Safety of IV push antibiotics

Pharmacy Joe

The authors’ primary endpoint was the rate of adverse events following IVP administration of antibiotics. There were only 10 adverse events observed, half of which were allergic reactions and therefore not related to IVP administration. Results The study evaluated 1000 patients who received IVP antibiotics.

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Episode 547: How to predict the pharmacotherapy needs of your patient and team during an inpatient medical emergency

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss how to predict the pharmacotherapy needs of your patient and team during an inpatient medical emergency. 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. <–