
Michael Armahizer
111 posts

Michael Armahizer
@MikeA_42
Neurocritical Care Pharmacist at University of Maryland Medical Center. Pittsburgh sports fan in enemy territory. Opinions and RT are my own.













IV glibenclamide shows promise for reducing cerebral edema and appears to be safe. PO glyburide leads to more hypoglycemia, especially if abnl renal fxn. Smaller, more frequent dosing may help. Kudos to @MikeA_42 for pushing this through to publication. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


Please don't give dexamethasone 4 times a day or q6 hours. The half-life is 36-54 hours and it maintains the same effects over at least 12 hours. My pet peeve is seeing people on dexamethasone 1 mg every 6 hours. Disrupts sleep and happiness for no good physiologic reason.


Brain tissue oxygen tension PbtO2 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 increased or unchanged during pyrexia in patients with severe #TBI brain trauma When it does fall, it's usually associated with a fall in CPP ➡️take care of haemodynamics during pyrexia in #TBI doi.org/10.1089/ther.2…

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NEW 🔥🔥 #AAC CSF penetration of ceftolozane/tazobactam in critically ill pts w an indwelling EVD The current maximal dose of C/T (3.0 g 8-hourly) does NOT provide adequate CSF exposure for treatment of G- meningitis or ventriculitis unless MIC ≤0.25 aac.asm.org/content/early/…

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