On Wednesdays, we wear pink, and sometimes we give ACCP CE!
Very thankful for the opportunity to speak about seizure prophylaxis dosing today! I had some wonderful co-presenters and an engaged audience
It was a good week. I learned I passed my BCCCP exam! And I added 7 new structures to the drug sleeve!
Rounds started off hot today. Thankfully we settled on no antibiotics! #pharmsky #icupharmd
When the dummy doesn’t work RQI becomes a team effort
my tenecteplase or yours
The FDA gives Andexxa a thumbs down for full approval. It will be interesting to see what happens next in terms of formulary changes and future research.
www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-r...
1/ Keppra (levetiracetam) loading dose isn’t 1-2g for all status epilepticus patients.
Recommended dose is 60 mg/kg (max 4.5g) as per the landmark ESETT trial.
Important to give full dose especially when case warrants it.
#medsky #pharmsky #EMsky #HMsky
The worst part of decorating for Christmas is “fluffing” the tree. I have resorted to sitting in my office chair and rolling around 😂
We had this happen right after I started in the Neuro ICU. I teach every resident on my service about the mechanism, so hopefully, it won’t happen again. #pharmsky
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
I am preparing an anticoagulation reversal presentation for the neurology residents. This might have to be my disclosure slide…
While I am very excited to start lecturing in the spring, I am not ecstatic about putting together 6 hours of slides
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Critical Care Pharmacist: It doesn’t matter how much albumin you put in the cup, it won’t improve its mortality
Attempting to make my first starter pack that includes both critical care and emergency medicine pharmacists! I have worked as both and think in a lot of ways we’re two sides of the same coin.
Please reply if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/Hcx3iQ2
It was a wild day in the neuro ICU to end day 12 of 12. Sponsored by too much caffeine, my Elmo badge reel, pocket epinephrine, and the Precedex shirt
Biggest risk of alteplase in ischemic stroke ➡️ hemorrhagic conversion
Biggest risk of andexanet alfa in hemorrhagic stroke ➡️ ischemic conversion
Last week, an AstraZeneca representative reached out to schedule a meeting with me to propose bringing Andexxa to my health systems formulary. Three days later she canceled her request- completely unprompted.
Any way you can add me to part 2?
