Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Medical Patients

While you’re working up that Cryptococcal meningitis or figuring out how to adjust vancomycin doses, don’t forget to assess VTE prophylaxis! Take a moment with tl;dr to make sure you’ve got your mental check list sorted for protecting your inpatients.

Diabetes Management Part 2: Building a Regimen

So many options…so little time! You’ve put in the effort to learn HOW the drugs work, but now how should you choose WHICH one to start with? Trust us, this post will definitely help you make sense of all the possibilities.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiJuly 3, 2019diabetes, metformin, GLP-1 agonist, SGLT-2 inhibitor, DPP-IV inhibitor, cardiovascular benefits, renal benefits

Diabetes Management Part 1: Everything Insulin

We’ve talked oral agents. We’ve talked insulin pumps. But have you ever wondered what all of the various insulins are doing on the market and why we have so many? If so, come take this trip down insulin memory lane to learn about these medications and how to use them.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiJune 17, 2019insulin, regular insulin, NPH, glargine, degludec, rapid-acting insulin, aspart, lispro, glulisine, insulin PK, insulin duration of action, insulin dosing, mixed insulins

Take a Deep Breath: Treatment of Pneumonia

So many antibiotics, so little time! How do you keep track of what to use and when?? Let us help you get a leg up on this one with an introduction to the management of pneumonias.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiJune 3, 2019pneumonia, community-acquired pneumonia, hospital- acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia, CAP, HAP, VAP, antibiotics for pneumonia

Using Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Special Populations

For all those times you wished someone could just give you the DL on whether or not you could recommend a DOAC… HERE IT IS! Seriously the best overview of the current lit you could ask for. Read it. Absorb it. Explore it. Use it.

Preparing for Pharmacy Clinical Rotations 101

Clinical rotations begin in less than a month. Before the nerves hit, let us help you get ready - starting now.

Pharmacy School, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiApril 8, 2019clinicals, rotations, pharmacy school, experiential education, rotation preparation, how to prepare for APPE rotations, APPE rotations, pharmacy rotations, pharmacy clinical rotations, making the most of pharmacy rotations

Vancomycin Dosing in Hemodialysis

Time for the Return of the Vancomycin! (Maybe not quite as exciting as the Return of the King or even the Return of the Jedi, but I mean, c’mon, it’s VANCOMYCIN.) Take some time with this post and learn about dosing this medication in a special population.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiMarch 25, 2019vancomycin, vancomycin dosing in dialysis, hemodialysis, ESRD, CKD, vancomycin adjustment in dialysis, vancomycin HD, how to dose vancomycin in HD, vancomycin ESRD, how to adjust vancomycin dose, how to dose vancomycin, how to dose vancomycin in dialysis

How to be Awesome at Biostatistics and Literature Evaluation - Part IV

Finally! A practical, no nonsense guide to study design, bias, and literature evaluation.

Preparing for Spring: Allergic Rhinitis

Picture this: hordes (HORDES I TELL YOU) of poor souls carrying armfuls of Kleenex meandering up and down the OTC allergy aisle circa April 1st. How do you save them?

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiFebruary 11, 2019allergic rhinitis, seasonal allergies, allergies, nasal steroids, antihistamines, steroids, allergic rhinitis treatment, how to treat allergic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis pharmacotherapy, how to treat allergies, 1st vs 2nd generation antihistamines

A Primer on Hereditary Angioedema

We all learned the meaning of angioedema while studying lisinopril during our Top 200 quizzes. But what about when this alarming swelling occurs independently of an allergic reaction or an ACE-inhibitor?