Heart Failure Part 2: Signs and Symptoms

In our last post, we talked about the hemodynamics of HF. We talked about Right and Left HF as well as Systolic and Diastolic HF (now called HFrEF and HFpEF, respectively). Now let’s talk about the Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure (HF).

Clinical, Residency, PracticeCourtney HowellAugust 12, 2024heart failure, systolic heart failure, diastolic heart failure, congestive heart failure, cardiovascular, pathophysiology, Clinical Pearls, PCWP, CKD, Guest Post, CHF, HF, HFpEF, HFrEF

Heart Failure Part 3: Pharmacotherapy

Ok, so now onto pharmacotherapy.

Last time we talked about signs and symptoms and discussed the Frank-Starling curve. We are going to talk about the agents used in HF and how they affect this curve.

Clinical, Residency, PracticeBrandon DysonNovember 12, 2016heart failure, systolic heart failure, diastolic heart failure, HFpEF, HFrEF, HF, CHF, Clinical Pearls, congestive heart failure, cardiovascular, digoxin

Pain Management: The tl;dr Pharmacy Guide

Opioid abuse comes in many forms; and it's not just the stereotypical junkie that's doctor shopping and trying to refill their Norco 2 weeks early "because the cops stole them." Opioid abuse can also show up in more insidious ways.....

Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeSamuel OhOctober 13, 2016Clinical Pearls, Pain, Pharmacotherapy, COX-2, NSAIDs, Opioids, Tramadol, Pain Management, Neuropathy, Nociception, opioid conversions, opioid clinical pearls, opioid cheat sheet, pain management, pain management cheat sheet

The Top 5 HIV Clinical Pearls for the NAPLEX

Hello Everyone! Just a quick note to mention that we wrote a guest post over at the very awesome www.meded101.com

The post goes through some HIV wisdom for the NAPLEX....which is fast approaching if you're a P4. You can check it out here:

https://www.meded101.com/top-5-hiv-clinical-pearls-naplex/

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyBrandon DysonApril 11, 2016HIV, Guest Post, Clinical Pearls, NAPLEX, HIV clinical pearls, HIV cheat sheet, HIV drug cheat sheet, HIV therapy cheat sheet, HAART cheat sheet