Clinical

Overview of the use of neuromuscular blocking agents in surgery and critical care and their reversal agents: sugammadex (Bridion®) and neostigmine methylsulfate (Bloxiverz®)

By: Joseph DiPaola (PharmD Candidate c/o 2022), Nishanth Viswanath (PharmD Candidate c/o 2022)            Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) are drugs…

6 years ago

Basal-bolus vs. sliding-scale insulin in hospitalized patients: assessment of advantages and disadvantages

By:  Maria Sedky Saad (PharmD Candidate c/o 2021), Shivani Shah (PharmD Candidate c/o 2021)            Hyperglycemia is a common condition…

7 years ago

Treatment of iron deficiency anemia

By: Maryam Sekhery, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020            According to the World Health Organization, anemia is defined as having a…

7 years ago

Potential complications posed by hypocalcemia in wound healing Challenging the stigma of mental health

By: Sarah, Hewady, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020            Calcium’s fundamental importance in the early hemostasis phase of wound healing has…

7 years ago

Treatment of initial and recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis

By: Joseph Eskandrous, PharmD Candidate c/o 2019 Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a gram-positive, anaerobic, sporogenic bacterium that is primarily…

7 years ago

Targeting biomarkers in immuno-oncology: current agents and its clinical impact

By: Jonathan Mercado (PharmD Candidate c/o 2019), Rebecca Sin (PharmD Candidate c/o 2019) Immuno-oncology is an advanced and rapidly growing…

8 years ago

Presentation and management of nivolumab (Opdivo®)-induced pneumonitis

By: Shireen Farzadeh, PharmD Candidate c/o 2019 - Nivolumab (Opdivo®) is a monoclonal antibody that blocks programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1).…

8 years ago

Understanding treatment options for chronic pain management in geriatric populations

By: Alex Chu & Joseph Eskandrous (PharmD Candidates c/o 2019) - The geriatric population grows older with each passing day…

8 years ago

Assessing the current treatment recommendations for Graves’ disease

By: Natalie Rodriguez, PharmD Candidate 2019 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences  and Stacey Gorski, Assistant Professor of…

8 years ago

Acetaminophen toxicity and n-acetylcysteine

By: Kathleen Horan, PharmD Candidate c/o 2020 - During my institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiential (IPPE) rotation in the emergency…

8 years ago