Specialty Tertiary Resources Group Exercise

Question 1

A college freshman approaches you at the counter of your pharmacy and tells you that a friend suggested they get the Gardasil vaccine but they want to know more information about it.

What resource would be most helpful to answer this question?

Answer 1

ImmunoFacts

Question 2

A physician calls the pharmacy and would like to know if bortezomib causes neuropathy.

What resource would be most helpful to answer this question?

Answer 2

AHFS

Question 3

A physician approaches you and asks for a recommend to treat tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp) in a 3-year-old boy that is not able to swallow pills. He is unfamiliar with treating this form of ringworm (tinea).

What resource would be most helpful to answer this question?

Answer 3

Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

Question 4

You receive a call from a nurse taking care of JD, a 6-week-old male, on the pediatric floor. She would like to know if she can give fluconazole through his Y-site IV access which is already administering imipenem/cilastatin.

What resource would be most helpful to determine if this can be done?

Answer 4

Trissel’s IV Compatibility – can be found in Lexicomp, Micromedex or Clinical Pharmacology

Question 5

An infectious disease physician would like to increase the dose of JD’s imipenem/cilastatin to treat severe sepsis. He wonders what the maximum dose he can give and how often it should be given.

What resource would most help you with this inquiry?

Answer 5

Teddy Bear Book

Question 6

While on rotation at a specialty pharmacy you receive a call asking for an insulin dosing recommendation for a 4 pound ferret recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.

What resource would be most helpful to answer this question?

Answer 6

Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook

Question 7

You are on a pediatric rotation and have a patient with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Your preceptor asks you to determine the three presentations of ADHD (ex. based on the diagnostic criteria, how should the ADHD be further specified).

What resource would be most helpful to answer this question?

Answer 7

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5)

Question 8

While on your internal medicine rotation at the local hospital, a resident physician asks for your recommend to treat a dog bite (no allergies).

What print resource would be most helpful to answer this question?

Answer 8

The Sanford Guide

Question 9

While on your internal medicine rotation at the local hospital, a resident physician asks for your recommend to treat meningitis in a 55 year old woman (no allergies).

What electronic resource would be most helpful to answer this question?

Answer 9

Johns Hopkins ABX Guide