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What is the clinical term for the hypersensitivity reaction that can occur when an intravenous dose of vancomycin is infused rapidly? Send your answer to rxquiz@rxtimes.com for a chance to be selected to receive a free RxTimes Magazine travel coffee mug! Only confirmed subscribers are eligible. Please subscribe to RxTimes Magazine before submitting your answer.
An Dr. Antithrombin orders to start a heparin drip (50,000units/500ml) at a rate of 18units/kg/hr. The patient has a body mass of 156kg. At what rate(ml/hr) should the heparin drip be infused? Send your answer to rxquiz@rxtimes.com for a chance to be selected to receive a free RxTimes Magazine travel coffee mug! Only confirmed subscribers are [...]
As flu season approaches, pharmacists are becoming very busy. As most of you know, the role of administering flu vaccines has been recently acquired by the pharmacy profession allowing pharmacists to expand their diversity of service to patients. This is a great time to display how valuable pharmacists can be in one of the many [...]
Alzheimer’s is very common among the elderly. Nearly 4 million people in the US suffer from this disease. That is nearly 1 in 50 people.3 As legislators, you are not blind to this fact. Congress has spent millions in contribution for Alzheimer’s and the disease cost Medicare 31.9 billion dollars in 2000.2 I’m sure you [...]
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