Katie M

drugs, bugs and patients | Clinical Practice Leader | GIM pharmacist | SHS-UHN ASP advocate | Geriatrics hat

[deprescribing.org @deprescribing]

Excited to see the new & expanded version 3 of the STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people! 🔥

Read up on the key updates:

#deprescribing
#polypharmacy
#PIMs #geriatrics

https://t.co/h16emeN7Ky

[Derek Leong @Derek_Leong_RPh]

TIME study: In Pts with HTN, evening dosing of antihypertensive meds did not decrease MACE vs. morning dosing at 5.2 years.

https://t.co/Zx8LTzOBIs

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

A Fantastic review article ✨✨ @antibioticsmdpi The Risk and Clinical Implications of Antibiotic-Associated AKI :
A Review of the Clinical Data for Agents with Signals from the FAERS Database #IDTwitter #MedEd #TwitteRx #MedTwitter
https://t.co/Kz2TwIhZJ7

[SIDP @SIDPharm]

Today is National Penicillin Allergy Day. Take some time to obtain a thorough allergy history
and consider penicillin skin testing for your patients with a penicillin allergy. #delabeling #delabel #NationalPenicillinAllergyDay
#BeAntibioticsAware

[Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher @ChristinaReppas]

Medical inpatients with #delirium and a preferred language that was not English were 2.6x more likely to be physically restrained and 1.5x more likely to get antipsychotics @ShailRawalMD @ksheehanmd @AmolAVerma @RochonPaula
New in @AGSJournal: https://t.co/LH52wZT9au

[Sia Badie @siamoxicillin]

A brief tweetorial on drug-induced bradycardia from some non-traditional negative chrono/dromo/inotropes: itraconazole 🍄, donepezil 🧠, remdesivir 🦠, and ticagrelor 🩸

[Michael Fralick @FralickMike]

🚨new one pager🚨 top 21 medications you will prescribe on GIM/hospitalist. Thank you to @ASP_katie & Janice Law for catching my mistakes (just like in real life!!) on this doc and for your edits #TipsForNewDocs

[Katie M @ASP_katie]

Let’s gooo raptors!!!

[Katie M @ASP_katie]

Love this! 😂😂

[Katie M @ASP_katie]

As the world moves on from covid, working at the hospital feels like we are in a time loop

[Katie M @ASP_katie]

Clinical inertia!

[Henry Okoroike @henryco32]

Team based care is the way to go! Great talk by @DaveDixonPharmD highlighting the role that Pharmacists can play in overcoming clinical inertia! #ACC2022 #ACC22 @ACCinTouch @accpcardprn

[Canadian Society of Healthcare-Systems Pharmacy-AB @cshp_ab]

DYK? #Hospital pharmacists work with other healthcare providers to recommend drug therapies that are safe, appropriate, & effective for each patient’s needs.
#PAM2022
#ThankYouPharmacy

[1-min ID consult @1min_IDconsult]

【Ertapenem general principles】
For IM residents, please consider whether you can use ertapenem for ESBL-producing organisms before starting meropenem!

Level: Basic
Importance: ★★★

#IDTwitter #IDMedEd #IDFellow #IMResident #InternalMedicine #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter

[Canadian Society of Healthcare-Systems Pharmacy-AB @cshp_ab]

March begins today, and along with spring comes #PharmacyAppreciationMonth!

Managing drug shortages, counselling patients, interprofessional care rounds, preventing adverse drug events, performing clinical research…#Hospital #pharmacy staff do it all! #ThankYouPharmacy

[Joe Cressy @joe_cressy]

This weekend two different stories will play out in Toronto.

One is that of protest. It will get much coverage. The other is that of our vaccine campaign with hundreds of clinics & thousands of doses.

Much more unites than divides us. Let’s keep working to protect each other.

[The Intern At Work @InternAtWork]

Beat the #SundayScaries w/ some beer🍻 courtesy of our latest pod, The Beer's List: Medication or Libation, on medication use in the elderly! Written by @CarolynTanMD (IM Resident), reviewed by @vixie0 (Geriatrics) & @Pete_Wu (GIM & Pharmacology/Toxicology) @UofT_DoM @GIMtoronto

[Katie M @ASP_katie]

@FralickMike This is great teaching! Miss you already on team and thanks for an awesome week!

[Tara Kiran @tara_kiran]

Hey primary care,

There are new drugs that we can prescribe to (select) adults with COVID in the community

Check out this useful 2-pager developed by our pharmacists Brenda Chang, Doret Cheng, Sharan Lail & Beth Leung at St. Mike's @UnityHealthTO @UofTFamilyMed

Please share!

[Katie M @ASP_katie]

Haaapppy new year! 2021 you had some good moments for me but 2022 here we come!