Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 7, 2023

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Whether torsemide improves patient Heart Failure (HF) symptoms and quality of life better than furosemide is a matter of debate among clinicians, and a group of authors recently published an open-label, multi-center, randomized trial in the journal Circulation in an effort to resolve this question.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

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. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

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. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This was an open label randomized trial of 110 patients who were evenly split between IV and nebulized tranexamic acid groups. 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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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Provide infusions to the nurse in the most ready-to-use form possible including obtaining the smart pump, IV tubing, spiking the bag and priming the tubing, and labeling the lines. Establish a plan for ongoing sedation with the provider. To get immediate access, go to pharmacyjoe.com/academy.

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Provide infusions to the nurse in the most ready-to-use form possible including obtaining the smart pump, IV tubing, spiking the bag and priming the tubing, and labeling the lines. Establish a plan for ongoing sedation with the provider. To get immediate access, go to pharmacyjoe.com/academy.

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Pharmacy Joe

MARCH 7, 2024

Back in episode 473 , I talked about the evidence behind the discrepancy between the labeled dose and the analgesic ceiling dose of IV ketorolac. 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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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 5, 2020

If using this off-label strategy, give preference to the preservative-free version of IV tranexamic acid due to the potential adverse effects of nebulized preservatives. There were no side effects noted in either group throughout the follow-up period. A reduced hemoptysis recurrence rate was noted at the 1-year follow-up (P =.009

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The RECOVERY Trial, which is a randomized, controlled, open-label trial, underway at 177 hospitals recently published results of using colchicine in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Patients received either placebo or colchicine 1 mg oral load followed by 0.5

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Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The study was an open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled trial in 9 Australian Emergency Departments. If you like this post, check outmy book A Pharmacists Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

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. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This was an open label randomized trial of 110 patients who were evenly split between IV and nebulized tranexamic acid groups. 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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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 16, 2023

By predicting this need in advance, calculating doses, preparing and labeling syringes, the pharmacist can also enhance medication safety and free up the rest of the care team to remain hands-on with the patient ensuring adequate pre-oxygenation, IV access, and supportive care.

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Pharmacy Joe

MARCH 17, 2021

Provide infusions to the nurse in the most ready-to-use form possible including obtaining the smart pump, IV tubing, spiking the bag and priming the tubing, and labeling the lines. Establish a plan for ongoing sedation with the provider. To get immediate access, go to pharmacyjoe.com/academy.

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Secondary outcome measures were numerically favorable for haloperidol including the need for open-label haloperidol or other antipsychotics, and self-extubation or invasive device removal. However none of these secondary outcomes reached statistical significance.

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Secondary outcome measures were numerically favorable for haloperidol including the need for open-label haloperidol or other antipsychotics, and self-extubation or invasive device removal. However none of these secondary outcomes reached statistical significance.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Back in episode 473 , I talked about the evidence behind the discrepancy between the labeled dose and the analgesic ceiling dose of IV ketorolac. 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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Pharmacy Joe

MAY 25, 2022

A group of authors from Sorbonne University in Paris, France conducted a randomized open label multicenter trial to examine whether an 8 day course of therapy for Pseudomonas VAP (PA-VAP) could be non-inferior to a 15 day course. 25 of 98 patients in the 15-day group and 31 of 88 patients in the 8-day group reached the composite endpoint.

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Pharmacy Joe

APRIL 20, 2022

This was a multicenter, open-label, noninferiority randomized clinical trial of 206 ICU patients with VAP. 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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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The study was a prospective, randomized, open-label, parallel assignment, single-center clinical trial of 801 patients. 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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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

By predicting this need in advance, calculating doses, preparing and labeling syringes, the pharmacist can also enhance medication safety and free up the rest of the care team to remain hands-on with the patient ensuring adequate pre-oxygenation, IV access, and supportive care.

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 27, 2020

The study was a single-center, randomized, open-label pilot 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. <– One for Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate and one for Patiromer.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

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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RX Note

MARCH 6, 2023

After a prescription is received by a pharmacist staff, A pharmacy staff will transcribe the medication labels manually or by electronic system (e.g. To reshuffle sufficient manpower to outpatient and inpatient pharmacy , with careful considerations of staff leave, work commitments and extra portfolios.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The US labeling states: Anti-FXa activity adjusted for exposure to apixaban was similar across renal function categories. Using inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis, the US labeling recommendation of apixaban 5 mg was associated with a higher risk of bleeding at an incidence rate 4.9 or greater. mg twice daily.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The US labeling states: Anti-FXa activity adjusted for exposure to apixaban was similar across renal function categories. Using inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis, the US labeling recommendation of apixaban 5 mg was associated with a higher risk of bleeding at an incidence rate 4.9 or greater. mg twice daily.

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Pharmacy Joe

JANUARY 15, 2025

Such a recommendation, even though it is labeled as weak and based on very low-quality evidence is likely to make its way into hospital protocol in the form of automatically discontinuing a C diff test for a patient with recent laxative use. Members of my Hospital Pharmacy Academy have access to practical trainings on C.

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Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 17, 2023

Authors recently published in New England Journal of Medicine an open label multi center trial looking at early vs later anticoagulation in patients with afib who had an ischemic stroke. To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The ACORN randomized trial sought to compare rates of AKI and neurotoxicity in patients hospitalized with acute infection who were randomized 1:1 in an open-label fashion to receive either piperacillin-tazobactam or cefepime for gram-negative coverage. However, other studies have examined a link between increased neurotoxicity with cefepime.

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Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The ACORN randomized trial sought to compare rates of AKI and neurotoxicity in patients hospitalized with acute infection who were randomized 1:1 in an open-label fashion to receive either piperacillin-tazobactam or cefepime for gram-negative coverage. However, other studies have examined a link between increased neurotoxicity with cefepime.

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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 21, 2022

Recently published in Lancet was a non-inferiority, open-label, multicentre, randomized trial that sought to clarify the safety of early antibiotic discontinuation in hematology patients with fever of unknown origin during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.

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Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 17, 2023

Authors recently published in New England Journal of Medicine an open label multi center trial looking at early vs later anticoagulation in patients with afib who had an ischemic stroke. To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Such a recommendation, even though it is labeled as weak and based on very low-quality evidence is likely to make its way into hospital protocol in the form of automatically discontinuing a C diff test for a patient with recent laxative use. Members of my Hospital Pharmacy Academy have access to practical trainings on C.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Milrinone labeling suggests a renal dose adjustment for patients with creatinine clearance between 10 and 50 mL/min but has no recommendations or data available for patients with ESRD or who are receiving CRRT.

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

To improve the data available in this patient population, investigators in Brazil completed a multicenter, randomized, open-label, noninferiority trial with 1000 patients comparing rivaroxaban with warfarin for patients with atrial fibrillation and a bioprosthetic mitral valve.

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Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 3, 2021

A group of authors recently published in NEJM the results of a randomized, multicenter, open-label, parallel-group trial in the UK examining this issue. 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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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 21, 2022

Recently published in Lancet was a non-inferiority, open-label, multicentre, randomized trial that sought to clarify the safety of early antibiotic discontinuation in hematology patients with fever of unknown origin during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.

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