Taylor Epperson

Can you use a MRSA swab from 60 days ago to avoid vanco? Even if critically ill with pneumonia? 98% NPV (10.3% prev). bit.ly/3wcjKnO Love seeing our residents hard work published! :) @garyDpeksa @giles_slocum @RushPharm @accpemedprn @accpcritprn

@AthenaLVHobbs @bryan_p_white What a duo, and such a great idea! Teamwork makes the dream work🦠

New month means new students, and the first ID collaborative topic discussion with @bryan_p_white! Excited to team up and share experiences with our combined 4 learners, all of whom were excellent over achievers ready for a TD on rotation D#1! Eager for the rest of the month!

Stop hurting patients with liver disease by giving them blood products they DON’T need: Things We Do for No Reason™: Routine Correction of Elevated INR and Thrombocytopenia Prior to Paracentesis in Patients with Cirrhosis journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/artic…

@brit_powers @lilhwn2 @kastle1 @ChaseTMAnderson @MedlawDan @adamgreattweet @shailinthomas @medicallyyikes @MelissaAReed @ButNotTheCity @_HarryPaul_ @jack_turban @cjstreed @derekw518 @KatyGarcia91 @DStrattMD @DogtorsMccoy @amylcarr @AUHSOP @Peds_RX @julaine_fowlin @MauraPharmD @CyePharmD 1. Taylor - Internal Med PharmD 2. Football 🏈 and enjoying outdoor activities in cooler weather! 3. Spironolactone 💊 can cause type 4 renal tubular acidosis (RTA) 4. @AB_PharmD @AthenaLVHobbs @SidneyDPharmD #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #SoMeDocs #AcademicTwitter

@lilhwn2 @kastle1 @ChaseTMAnderson @MedlawDan @adamgreattweet @shailinthomas @medicallyyikes @MelissaAReed @ButNotTheCity @_HarryPaul_ @jack_turban @cjstreed @derekw518 @KatyGarcia91 @DStrattMD @DogtorsMccoy @amylcarr @AUHSOP @Peds_RX @julaine_fowlin 1. Brittany, NICU PharmD 2. Halloween and football 👻 🎃 🏈 3. The perfect Ca/Phos ratio in TPNs really depends on where you trained 4. @MauraPharmD @CyePharmD @tayloreppp

Happy National Penicillin Allergy Day! 🧫🦠💊 On this day in 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Today 1 in 10 pts report a PCN allergy & out of those pts 90% do NOT have a true allergy. So go educate & de-label a PCN allergy today! 🥳

Hey everyone! I’m Aiah, a PGY-1 pharmacy resident @baptistmemres, 💊 today I gave a presentation on Triple Therapy for patients with Afib post PCI. ❤️ 1/

I have a pharmacist joke for you, but it is on shortage.

@UMMCPharmacy @MSSHP1 Go Jameika!!! Congrats 🤩

Congrats to Jameika Stuckey for being awarded @MSSHP1 Health Systems Pharmacist of the Year

@brit_powers @CyePharmD @KatySStephens @MauraPharmD still confused as to why/how that was THE chosen photo to be displayed across the OU hospital system 🤣

@CyePharmD @KatySStephens @MauraPharmD @tayloreppp oh my 🤦🏻‍♀️

So excited to have this great group as co-residents 💊💊

3/ CRP is made in the liver and has a 1/2 life of about 19 hrs. It is better at trending acute inflammation than ESR which rises and falls slowly. Additionally,CRP is more accurate in elderly pts.

#Procalcitonin pub in @AJHPOfficial issue 📲 academic.oup.com/ajhp/article-a…

Alright #MedTwitter & #MedStudentTwitter, I’m going to interrupt your regularly scheduled #COVID19 programming to talk about Blood Pressure, Shock & Using the Force (#MayTheFourthBeWithYou) to assess it! So, Where would a measured blood pressure be highest? 1/

Management of Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department Open-access/free downloads through June 18, 2020 with this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1a~kS2dT1Cno…

🦄PHARMACY MYTHBUSTERS👻 Myth: Ketamine or Succinylcholine can ⬆️ ICP @TILEDPharmD PGY1 Emily researched the origin of these myths and busted them with evidence on this week’s #pharmacyeducationboard! #twitterx #medtwitter #nursetwitter

#Tramadol, a game of analgesic roulette, will it work or won’t it? Will your patient obtain analgesic effects or will they have a seizure, respiratory depression, or various other side effects...🤷🏼‍♀️that’s why it’s been nicknamed #Tramadont! Its variable effects are (1/3)

JUST RELEASED: 2019 #ESGuidelines on Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases - what's new? what has changed? what are the main 2019 recommendations? bit.ly/329WGXE #ESCCongress #cardiotwitter

So many different potential therapeutic options for #COVID19... unknown which is the most effective at this point but here are the mechanisms for a few on part 2 of the #pharmacyeducationboard, COVID-19 edition!🦠🧬 Thanks Em! @TILEDPharmD 🙌🏼 #twitterx #medtwitter #nursetwitter

In non #COVID19 news, our white paper on Management of Opioid Use Disorder in the ED is now in print bit.ly/3e2t5pW A monumental effort led by @emupdates Open-access version here: bit.ly/2JS4bet

TL;DR: Lymphopenia occurs via direct viral invasion due to ACE2 expression on lymphocytes Also cytokine and/or lactic-acid excess → apoptosis B-cells are most affected → loss of humoral immunity may worsen infection Lymphocyte count <20% = worse prognosis / survival

Update on convalescent plasma for COVID19. Red Cross seeks COVID19 survivors to donate plasma to help other victims of the virus. redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/d…