Basal-bolus vs. sliding-scale insulin in hospitalized p...
December 1, 2019 - Clinical , Featured By: Maria Sedky Saad (PharmD Candidate c/o 2021), Shivani Shah (PharmD Candidate c/o 2021) Hyperglycemia is a common condition in hospitalized patients whose glucose levels are normally controlled with oral antidiabetic medications, which are often discontinued upon admission. To circumvent hyperglycemic complications in hospitalized patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, glucose levels… |
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FDA approves romosozumab (Evenity®) for the treatment ...
December 1, 2019 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Michael Lim, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 Osteoporosis is a bone disease affecting nearly ten million people in the United States.1 It can be caused by excess bone loss, insufficient bone production, or a combination of both factors. The disease is responsible for two million broken bones and 19 billion dollars in related healthcare… |
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Treatment of iron deficiency anemia...
December 1, 2019 - Clinical , Featured By: Maryam Sekhery, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 According to the World Health Organization, anemia is defined as having a level of Hemoglobin (Hb) below 13.0 g/dL in male adults, below 12.0 g/dL in female adults who are not pregnant, and below 11.0 g/dL in pregnant women.1 Hemoglobin is an iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in red… |