Jerry Altshuler (@hockeypharmd) 's Twitter Profile
Jerry Altshuler

@hockeypharmd

Director of Drug Use Management and Clinical Pharmacy. Lover of 🍕, dad to two beautiful girls and married to the amazing @altshulerdiana

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Andy Webb (@ajwpharm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Patients with myasthenia are at risk of exacerbations with administration of many routine meds We implemented a drug-disease alert for common high-risk meds and saw a modest (19%) reduction in high-risk orders - more work to be done, but a great 1st step onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mu…

Patients with myasthenia are at risk of exacerbations with administration of many routine meds

We implemented a drug-disease alert for common high-risk meds and saw a modest (19%) reduction in high-risk orders - more work to be done, but a great 1st step

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mu…
Jerry Altshuler (@hockeypharmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're hiring! We are looking for an Infectious Diseases Pharmacist to join our dynamic and growing clinical pharmacy team at Mount Sinai West-Mount Sinai Morningside. careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3000594?l…

Gabrielle Procopio (@gppharmed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Published today! Our experience as a Pharmacist driven anticoagulation reversal program pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37642927/ Danielle Tompkins Ruchi Jain #4FPCC #Andexxa #anticoagulationreversal #TwitteRx #EMRx

Bloodman (@bloodman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Whoa!! Atrial Fibrillation Study with Abelacimab Stopped Early by the Data Monitoring Committee Due to an Overwhelming Reduction in Bleeding as Compared to a DOAC (Direct Oral Anticoagulant) businesswire.com/news/home/2023…

Nick Mark MD (@nickmmark) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#ACORN RCT just dropped: N=2511 adults hospitalized w/ acute infection randomized to cefepime vs pip-tazo. No difference in mortality, AKI, need for RRT. Significantly more days free of delirium/coma with pip-tazo! Why are we using cefepime? jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… 1/

#ACORN RCT just dropped:

N=2511 adults hospitalized w/ acute infection randomized to cefepime vs pip-tazo.

No difference in mortality, AKI, need for RRT.

Significantly more days free of delirium/coma with pip-tazo!

Why are we using cefepime?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
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armyemdoc (@armyemdoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

GCS less than 8, don't intubate?! In the setting of alcohol- or drug-induced isolated depressed mental status, this RCT published in JAMA found that the non-intubated group had: -Lower mortality -Less ICU days -Less hospital days This definitely practice changing. There's a

Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 (@emswami) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Acutely poisoned patient w/ AMS Old: GCS < 8, Must Intubate New: Withhold intubation Why? Lower ICU utilization, lower adverse event rate bit.ly/417ezWy w/ great editorial @resusone

Acutely poisoned patient w/ AMS
Old: GCS &lt; 8, Must Intubate
New: Withhold intubation

Why? Lower ICU utilization, lower adverse event rate bit.ly/417ezWy w/ great editorial @resusone
Hackensack Pharmacy Residency (@humcpharmres) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interested in research? Stop by to see our resident posters and explore some of our amazing research opportunities! #pharmacyresidency #PGY1 #PGY2 #HUMCpharmacy #PharmD #HUMC #PGY1pharmacy #PGY2pharmacy #EMpharmacy #ASHP23 #residentresearch

Interested in research? Stop by to see our resident posters and explore some of our amazing research opportunities!

#pharmacyresidency #PGY1 #PGY2 #HUMCpharmacy #PharmD #HUMC #PGY1pharmacy #PGY2pharmacy #EMpharmacy #ASHP23 #residentresearch
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Preceptor Spotlight: Geeny Lee is one of our oncology preceptors! #pharmacyresidency #PGY1 #PGY2 #HUMCpharmacy #PharmD #HUMC #PGY1pharmacy #PGY2pharmacy #EMpharmacy

Preceptor Spotlight: Geeny Lee is one of our oncology preceptors!

#pharmacyresidency #PGY1 #PGY2 #HUMCpharmacy #PharmD #HUMC #PGY1pharmacy #PGY2pharmacy #EMpharmacy
Gabrielle Procopio (@gppharmed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are recruiting for an EM Clinical Pharmacy Specialist position at HUMC! Please contact me if you are interested! jobs.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/job/hackensack…

Jerry Altshuler (@hockeypharmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Are you opening tamsulosin capsules for enteral tube administration? A common practice despite "do not open" labeling, particularly because alternative agents may have more deleterious effects. See our paper outlining the feasibility of this practice: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38379309/

Hackensack Pharmacy Residency (@humcpharmres) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are recruiting for one PGY1 position in the post-match phase! Visit our website for more details about our program! #pharmacyresidency #PGY1 #HUMCpharmacy #PharmD #HUMC #PGY1pharmacy

We are recruiting for one PGY1 position in the post-match phase! Visit our website for more details about our program!

#pharmacyresidency #PGY1 #HUMCpharmacy #PharmD #HUMC #PGY1pharmacy
Nick Mark MD (@nickmmark) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Beautiful infographic about inhaled meds for COPD (and asthma). My advice is print this out & circle the ones on your formulary.

The propofol guru (@emresuspharmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Disclaimer: this post is not intended to alienate one group or cause issues. Merely to spark discussion I’m noticing more and more that healthcare workers are learning poor practices and being miseducated due to where they work and what they see. Let me explain #EMRx #TwitteRx

M. Rizwan Sohail, MD (@rizwansohailmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💊 Guidelines still love pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine for CNS toxo, but data say otherwise — TMP-SMX holds its ground clinically 🧠 and spares patients the toxicity (7% vs 30%) 💥 At >$20K a course, pyrimethamine isn’t therapy — it’s extortion. Bactrim wins 🏅

Hackensack Pharmacy Residency (@humcpharmres) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Certified. 💪 Fierce. 💊 Patient-centered. 💙 We’re proud to celebrate our amazing HUMC pharmacy techs this #RxTechDay! #PharmacyTechnicianDay #HUMCPharmacy #ResidencyLife

Certified. 💪 Fierce. 💊 Patient-centered. 💙
We’re proud to celebrate our amazing HUMC pharmacy techs this #RxTechDay! #PharmacyTechnicianDay #HUMCPharmacy #ResidencyLife
Ross Prager (@ross_prager) 's Twitter Profile Photo

(1/x) Andromeda-Shock 2 was just published in JAMA and is the most important septic shock trial in the past DECADE. They found that phenotyped resuscitation improves the composite outcome of mortality, vital support, and hospital LOS. Here's how you can apply this protocol to

(1/x) Andromeda-Shock 2 was just published in JAMA and is the most important septic shock trial in the past DECADE.

They found that phenotyped resuscitation improves the composite outcome of mortality, vital support, and hospital LOS.

Here's how you can apply this protocol to