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Post cardiac surgery it is not required to use aPTT monitoring for heparin infusion as it is used as a prophylaxis if we have stent or weak pulsation in lower limbs. It is used then for short term and...
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Thal patient has 2 risk factors as he is immunocompromised with multiple hospital admissions Does he was ventilated? Risk of cap and MDR also increased Non elevated crp also may indicate of viral pneumonia...
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As Dr.Hossam opinion normal tlc would indicate it may be viral pneumonia, ceftriaxone is a good choice, you can have BAL culture with follow up Certainly vanco has no indication unless it is vap and...
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You can use nomogram methode also Pediatric dose = BSA in m2/divided by 1.73 x adult dose Reference https://www.austincc.edu/rxsucces/ped3.html
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Recent RCT in timing of administration of tpn on day 1 and day 8 was in favour of day 8 in picu but still timing in some cases with clinical assessments if nutritional status,energy requirements, physiological...
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The creatinine clearance is a widely used test to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) [1,2]. Creatinine is derived from the metabolism of creatine in skeletal muscle and from dietary meat; it...
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Vancomycin dosing depends mainly on the indication and route of administration If oral administration for c diff infection maximun daily dose 2000 mg/day Sever infection iv dosing dosing depends on clinical...
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