CEFTRIAXONE vs CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM

[My original post is here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskDocs/comments/1aqmzfy/5_year_old_has_had_a_high_fever_for_6_days_i_am/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) It is now February 28th, and we are finally being discharged from th

Surgical intern here. I feel like I call my pharmacists an ungodly amount of times a day, and wanted to know if maybe I was missing some basic knowledge (or basic ways to get to that knowledge). My hospital has Micromedex for free, so I'll always try to give it a cursory glance or Google quickly bef

15 y/o healthy male, UTD vaccinations, NKDA, no medications. 5'8", 125 lbs. Was waiting for the school bus (very early so still partially dark outside) and neighbor pulled quickly into her driveway. She ran over him with front tire, he was wedged under and drug 20 feet until the back tire ran him ov

FINAL UPDATE: after his final IV antibiotics appointment today we met with an awesome doctor. Essentially he said that when we first went into the ER to get him looked at the other doctor fucked up by not draining the hematoma or whatever it is on the front of his leg and he probably has phlebitis.

I had this situation come up the other day, and was curious how other people would/have handle(d) it. This is specifically regarding a vanco consult, but I’m also curious about other types! I got one the other day that was clearly not indicated. Without going into too much detail, basically this pat

Good afternoon. Kind of a long story. I am 26F with no drug or alcohol use. Five foot three inches tall and weigh 194 lbs. Daily medications include corlanor (IST), buspirone (anxiety), singulair (allergies), qulipta (migraines), and cymbalta (anxiety). I carry an albuterol inhaler and an epi pen. O

A patient is on ceftriaxone 1 gm q24h for pneumonia, and the sputum culture comes back with a bacteria sensitive to both ceftriaxone and cefazolin. Assuming normal renal function, when would you start the cefazolin? When the next dose of ceftriaxone is due or start cefazolin immediately? Technicall

Reading the instructions for Ceftriaxone 500mg/vial, the vial states: For IM administration- “reconstitute with 1ml 1% lidocaine or sterile water. Each 1ml of solution contains approximately 350mg equivalent of ceftriaxone”. For IV administration- “reconstitute with 4.8ml of an IV diluent... for eac

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

\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UPDATE 04/08/20: So far doctors have ruled out: \- Paraneoplastic syndrome: CT scan no tumours, not cancer. \- Stroke \- coeliac disease His Vitamin D and

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