Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an adverse drug reaction to heparin that places patients at increased risk for venous…
Lauren Igneri
Lauren Igneri
Critical care pharmacist and proud Rutgers University graduate. Enjoys rock climbing, cycling, travel, and lively discussions on the finer points of pharmacokinetics and critical care over a beer with friends.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Case A 23-year-old woman (70 kg) struck by an automobile is admitted to the trauma ICU. She is found to…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Case A 64-year-old woman presented with an acute ischemic stroke and ultimately underwent M1 thrombectomy and right carotid stent deployment. She…
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief In 2017-2018, 42.4% of US adults were obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2), with 9.2% meeting criteria for severe obesity…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Clostridioides difficile is a gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that produces spores as well as exotoxins, toxin A and toxin B.…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Xylazine is FDA approved as a sedative with analgesic and muscle relaxing properties for veterinary use only. Exerts…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia in the U.S., and it is estimated that 12.1 million…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pre-brief From 2011-2014, Staphylococcus aureus was the second-most prevalent pathogen for all hospital-acquired infections. Most common organism implicated in…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Procalcitonin (PCT) is a precursor hormone of calcitonin that is undetectable in healthy states but is upregulated by…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Propofol has become one of the most commonly used sedatives in critical care and anesthesia worldwide. Propofol is…