Marissa Uricchio

Clinical🫀Pharmacist | PGY1/PGY2 @UPMC | @MCPHSBoston grad 💊

[Marissa Uricchio @LevitoMarissa]

@MPH_Pharmacist @UPMC Congrats!! You’re amazing🎉💕

[Marissa Uricchio @LevitoMarissa]

@AbbyChiappelli Congrats!!🥳

[Marissa Uricchio @LevitoMarissa]

@RebekkaAnn Thank you!😊 Happy to help and provide a new suggestion for managing this patient population!

[Marissa Uricchio @LevitoMarissa]

@RebekkaAnn We cap the initial rate at 1,600 units/hr!

[American College of Cardiology @ACCinTouch]

ICYMI: Among pts receiving therapy for #heartfailure, those who also received empagliflozin had a lower risk of CV death or hospitalization for HF, per findings from the EMPEROR-Reduced trial presented at #ESCCongress & simultaneously published in @NEJM: https://t.co/i95wBIMqku

[Josh Farkas MD 💊 @PulmCrit]

more on PTT in COVID
- PTT can be artificially hi 2/2 lupus anticoag
- PTT can be dragged down by high VIII & fibrinogen (causing apparent heparin resistance)
- when possible, titrate heparin gtts against anti-Xa, not PTT (probably better regardless)
https://t.co/lobpwSVN1I