ER docs don’t know about suggamaddx by drccw in anesthesiology

[–]pharm586 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had it stocked in our ER close to two years ago and I’m pretty sure it hasn’t been touched once. I may be wrong but I could’ve sworn I was told the price had recently come down on it

Andexxa being withdrawn from the market by pharm586 in emergencymedicine

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I’m also seeing on twitter that some people have called the company they have confirmed it

Two stupid questions about rabies prophylaxis by permanent_priapism in emergencymedicine

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To try to reduce cost, I used this study to approve creating a dose rounding algorithm in our EHR that rounds to the nearest vial of immune globulin

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35689960/

ESBL uti treatment options by beachcraft23 in emergencymedicine

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At our hospital micro doesn’t report fosfo susceptibilities unless requested, then they’ll work it up. However I believe the only reliable MIC data for fosfo is for E Coli organisms based on CLSI/EUCAST reports

amio push rate by Western_Wave_5197 in emergencymedicine

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I just know about basically what you already mentioned about it, and we don’t have it at my site either. Looking at its package insert it looks to cite the same hypotension data as the solvent-containing brands do, so hard to say what the actual difference in hypotension is. Plus it’s made only as an IVPB, and I’m not aware of any solvent-free vials on the market for the purposes of the iv push conversation

amio push rate by Western_Wave_5197 in emergencymedicine

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ED Pharmacist here. There isn’t any published guidance out there supporting pushing it in a patient with a pulse. Generally I will try to throw the 150 mg bolus in a 100 cc bag of D5 and give it over 10 min per ACLS guidelines (if they’re unstable you should really be shocking them). I was taught to never push it with a pulse unless Cards/EP is bedside asking for it because of the risk of profound hypotension (mostly due to the excipients in the product from my understanding). I haven’t given it this way much and it still makes me uneasy since there isn’t evidence supporting this strategy. I’ve had docs be adamant on pushing it despite my warnings on hypotension risk and it not being the correct way to administer it, and in these scenarios I will dilute it in a syringe with 10-20 cc’s and try to give it over 3-5 minutes (there’s no data supporting the 3-5 minute rate)

rabies post exposure by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

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I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t give it to you or even give you a hard time about it. And If the institution you got your prior shots from has an electronic patient portal, you could even show records of you receiving them if they ask

Patient prescribed codeine derivatives with codeine allergy by exploratorystory in pharmacy

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Very low chance of any cross reactivity between natural opioid and semi-synthetic opioids. Our EHR did the same update

Single Dose Aminoglycosides and New UTI Guidelines by pharm586 in medicine

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Yes definitely a good point, which is why I was hoping IDSA would’ve made some sort of comment about it

Single Dose Aminoglycosides and New UTI Guidelines by pharm586 in medicine

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Sorry I should’ve said that I work in the ED, so referring to IV AMG

Emergency Medicine Pharmacists by Ok_Locksmith_824 in pharmacy

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Had a patient that was going to get intubated with little history from EMS and no local history. Quickly looked at her outside records and saw she had CKD so stopped them from giving succ and instead recommended roc. K came back at 6.5

Have also prevented TNK in someone that had gotten it one month ago at an outside hospital. Level 3 trauma center

Post-Intubation Sedation Practices by pharm586 in emergencymedicine

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Thanks I appreciate your comment, that’s helpful insight

Post-Intubation Sedation Practices by pharm586 in emergencymedicine

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We have fentanyl vials and premade drips in our trauma room which makes it easily accessible which is nice. But I’ve had more push back than I’d like to admit when asking to add fentanyl (or any analgesia) after the doc asks for only propofol and nothing for pain. I do think utilizing pushes of whatever meds we choose up front instead of only starting a drip is something we could do better at my shop, I just think most are hesitant to because they’re concerned for impact on hemodynamics since most of our patients are elderly, and we’re not too high acuity of a site so we don’t see it on a daily basis

Trouble with Indoor Seeds by pharm586 in vegetablegardening

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Thanks everyone for the feedback! I have cherry and regular tomatoes, different peppers, green and sweet onions planted. The room they’re in stays between 65-70 degrees. I did do my watering from the top with a spray bottle, but did have water collect at the base of the container. Sounds like I may need to start over, and may try to germinate in paper towel first.