The Elective Rotation: A Critical Care Hospital Pharmacy Podcast
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The Elective Rotation: A Critical Care Hospital Pharmacy Podcast

by Pharmacy Joe

The Elective Rotation - the number 1 ranked Hospital Pharmacy podcast - is created for YOU Pharmacy Nation! If you are a Pharmacy Student, Resident, Pharmacist, Nurse, Physician, or Critical Care Practitioner in a hospital, intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency department looking to improve your practice, The Elective Rotation delivers unbiased critical care and hospital pharmacy content from a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Episodes are published every Monday and Thursday at 3AM EST. Find the show notes at pharmacyjoe.com.

106 episodes
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1
1116: If the lab can keep secrets from others, maybe the pharmacy should too?
4:36 Mar 26, 2026
2
1115: The extremely rare case when a very hypotonic solution may be indicated
4:32 Mar 23, 2026
3
1114: Saving $$$ With Oral Phosphate Replacement Instead of IV For Critically Ill Patients With Mild to Moderate Hypophosphatemia
4:22 Mar 19, 2026
4
1113: Ceftriaxone to Prevent Pneumonia After Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
3:50 Mar 16, 2026
5
1112: The Safety and Efficacy of Spraying Stuff Into the Lungs to Prevent Bleeding
3:40 Mar 12, 2026
6
1111: How to judge whether a journal is reputable?
4:16 Mar 9, 2026
7
1110: Is it time to rethink oral beta-lactams for some complicated UTI cases?
3:55 Mar 5, 2026
8
1109: Is Days of Antibiotic Spectrum Coverage a Better metric for Antibiotic Stewardship?
4:13 Mar 2, 2026
9
1108: If Your Hospital Does Therapeutic Plasma Exchange, Keep In Mind This Interaction With Enoxaparin
3:21 Feb 26, 2026
10
1107: What Makes a Critical Care Pharmacist Take Action – Patient Acuity or Medication Regimen Complexity?
3:38 Feb 23, 2026
11
1106: New AHA Stroke Guideline Contraindications to Thrombolytics
4:35 Feb 19, 2026
12
1105: Does it Matter if You Give Vancomycin Before the Beta-Lactam?
4:11 Feb 16, 2026
13
1104: Does Taking Beta-Blockers Mean Increased Doses of Epinephrine are Required for Anaphylaxis Treatment?
3:56 Feb 12, 2026
14
1103: These Antibiotics Are Really Getting Under My Skin! (Subcutaneous Antibiotics?!)
4:04 Feb 9, 2026
15
1102a: At this single center, linezolid plus serotonergic agents was judged to be likely safe
3:40 Feb 5, 2026
16
1101: Inpatient Pharmacist Burnout: How many learners is too many?
4:15 Feb 2, 2026
17
1100: Safety of Tenecteplase in Patients With Stroke Mimics
3:13 Jan 29, 2026
18
1099: Glucocorticoids Have No Role Reversing the Acute Symptoms of Anaphylaxis. Here’s Why:
3:23 Jan 26, 2026
19
1098: Pharmacists Should Know When Electricity is Better Than Epinephrine
3:56 Jan 22, 2026
20
1097: Do All ICU Patients Receiving Antipsychotics for Delirium Need QTc Monitoring?
8:58 Jan 19, 2026
21
1096: Why is glucagon not given a strong recommendation to treat beta blocker or calcium channel blocker poisoning?
2:56 Jan 15, 2026
22
1095: Does Routine Magnesium Supplementation in ICU Patients Reduce Tachyarrhythmias?
3:28 Jan 12, 2026
23
1094: Keep This Trick Up Your Sleeve For Intrathecal Baclofen Withdrawal
3:44 Jan 8, 2026
24
e1094: Keep This Trick Up Your Sleeve For Intrathecal Baclofen Withdrawal
3:44 Jan 8, 2026
25
1093: If You Like Half-Dose Alteplase for PE, Here is the Study You’ve Always Wanted
8:01 Jan 5, 2026
26
1092: Should hot or cold compresses be used to treat extravasation?
2:34 Jan 1, 2026
27
1091: What is iatrogenic hyperchloremia and what is so bad about it?
3:40 Dec 29, 2025
28
1090: Potential reasons for an unexpected positive urine barbituate screen
3:13 Dec 25, 2025
29
1089: More support for the IDSA’s position on the CAP guidelines
3:17 Dec 22, 2025
30
1088: All My Antibiotics: The CAP Guideline Drama
4:21 Dec 18, 2025
31
1087: Make sure newbie hospital pharmacists (and students) know this about vancomycin by multiple routes of administration
3:15 Dec 15, 2025
32
1086: Having trouble getting IV levetiracetam approved? Try this study…
3:36 Dec 11, 2025
33
1085: Do Neurologically Intact Patients With Traumatic ICH on Anticoagulants Need to be Reversed?
7:53 Dec 8, 2025
34
1084: What patient phenotypes are most affected by delays in antibiotic therapy?
2:58 Dec 4, 2025
35
1083: Takeaways for the pharmacist on best practices in airway management in critically ill adults
4:36 Dec 1, 2025
36
1082: Can the insulin dose for hyperkalemia be 5 units in overweight patients too?
3:19 Nov 27, 2025
37
1081: Just Because We Can Doesn’t Mean We Should: Anti-Xa Monitoring In VTE Prophylaxis
3:44 Nov 24, 2025
38
1080: Gabapentin for alcohol withdrawal reduces benzo use but does it matter?
3:47 Nov 20, 2025
39
1079: Time to rethink the conversion of oral methadone to IV?
3:46 Nov 17, 2025
40
1078: Here Is How You Can Predict Hypotension From Propofol
3:40 Nov 13, 2025
41
1077: Sedation and Analgesia Statements From the AHA/NCS Scientific Statement on Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest
3:23 Nov 10, 2025
42
1076: Five changes to the ACLS guidelines that hospital pharmacists should know about
3:54 Nov 6, 2025
43
1075: The Safety of Diuretics to Reduce Fluid Balance in Critically Ill Patients
4:19 Nov 3, 2025
44
1074: Data supporting cefazolin in MSSA bacteremia was weak (until now)
4:02 Oct 30, 2025
45
1073: How an ED or ICU pharmacist can help prevent awareness with paralysis
3:10 Oct 27, 2025
46
1072: Which is the greater risk – osmotic demyelination or cerebral edema?
4:27 Oct 23, 2025
47
1071: Can a nasal MRSA screen be useful for choosing antibiotics in critically ill patients with an intra abdominal infection?
3:05 Oct 20, 2025
48
1070: Another Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal Study That Completely Misses the Point
4:58 Oct 16, 2025
49
1069: How ED Pharmacist Intervention Can Double Antibiotic-Free Days
3:46 Oct 13, 2025
50
1068: Which Is Better to Treat Diabetic Ketoacidosis – A One or Two Bag Method?
3:36 Oct 9, 2025
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