Pharm & Tox

Reading Time: < 1 minute What do you take into consideration when you’re presented with an acutely agitated adult? Do you have a drug of choice?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr. Samantha Dallefeld goes over using medications for off-label uses in our pediatric ICU patients in this post!

Reading Time: 3 minutes Today, we’ll be discussing organ donation after brain death. As critical care practitioners, we should be honoring organ donors by doing justice to the gifts they give so many – their vital organs. Which medications should we be using to maintain the viability of organs and why?

Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s an IV form of plavix??? Yes! Get all the info in this post by Dr. Lauren Igneri!

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief Over 2 million Americans struggle with opioid use disorder In 2018, more than 67,000 lives were lost to…

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief Understanding of the COVID-19 disease process caused by the SARS-2-CoV virus is evolving. While the majority of cases…

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief While administration of antibiotics by intravenous push is a common concept, it may be an underutilized technique. Traditionally,…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Pre-brief Expected Effects if ECMO on Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics Determining the most appropriate dose of antimicrobials in the setting of…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Find out how to use midodrine in the ICU to help with your patient’s blood pressure.

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Benzodiazepines have long been the cornerstone of alcohol withdrawal management. However, phenobarbital is an overlooked treatment despite its…