CEFEPIME vs CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM

Bill has not been paid. BCBS has also not reimbursed us for any care in 90 days. We’re about to go full hunger games for Zosyn and cefepime. How do I get this to have as much news coverage as a bunch of tik tok stars striking in Minnesota?

69M My dad is critically ill — the hospital keeps changing his diagnosis and refusing to document what’s actually happening. I don’t know what else to do. My dad has Addison’s disease, a rare autoimmune condition that makes him extremely vulnerable to stress and infection. He is considered malnouris

I’ve noticed that even if someone has anaphylaxis to penicillin, they will get a cephalosporin and be fine on it (cefepime for example because it has low cross reactivity?). Are 3rd and 4th generation a good alternative to suggest for anaphylaxis to penicillin? Or should I go with a carbapenem (I.e.

Patient put on IV Cefepime empirically 2/2 fever, congestion, leukocytosis. Tested positive for Influenza A. Pharmacist asked MD to dc antibiotics since...patient has the flu.. MD started Tamiflu and wants to keep IV cefepime to “prevent secondary pneumonia” -insert pikachu face-

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You have a patient with confirmed C. Diff with symptoms and positive PCR. Precious chemo. Central line in place. ANC 400 Previous admission for kleb bacteremia. Pt is febrile and clinically stable. Team adds oral vanc, IV vanc and cefepime. Questions: 1. Cultures still arent back in 48 hours, pt st

Hello all of you lovely people! I'm just tossing this out there and need insight. In the world of cephalosporins, I know that Keflex and Rocephin are different gens. If a person's culture shows a resistance to cefazolin but was prescribed Keflex. Will the Keflex cover the organism? The organism is

People who work in hospitals: what do you do for those drugs that are sensitive to light in powder form but not in reconstituted form? I'm talking about cefepime and ceftriaxone, but if there are ones that I don't know about, please feel free to enlighten me. For instance, we keep our piggybacks cov

Apologies ahead of time if this is long. Some background, I work in a clinic which sees an active duty military patient population. Yesterday, I saw a 20 yo caucasian male who was following up from two visits to the ED in the last 36 hours. initially, he presented to the ER very late saturday night

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My mother has been hospitalized for the most of February due to "COPD exasperation," and has been released from the hospital numerous times only to be brought back by the ambulance. Most recently she was released on the 18th while I was at work, and only a few hours later brought back to the hospit

Male / 34 year old / hispanic / 172cm / 65kg / type 1 diabetic (on insulin - under control) On september 4th, I went to sleep at night feeling fine and without any ongoing health problems (completely recovered from the ear infection I posted about here 5 months ago and had no other health problems s

24 AFAB, 4'8", currently around 130 pounds because thyroid is awful and I don't exercise due to chronicillness. Suspected POTS and EDS of some kind, struggle with eating food because of ARFID, but I've been on and off for a few years, usually a meal a day or a snack. I'm on 25 mg sertraline for anxi

Hello doctors, I need urgent advice about my aunt (age: 40, female, from Bangladesh). She has been sick for many years with multiple chronic health issues (high cholesterol, enlarged liver, and kidney problems). But now her condition has become more serious, and we're very worried. Main symptoms dur