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A Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Blog for up-to-date medicine and more.

Pharm & Cheese: How to Give Medications "Sick Days Off"

January 31, 2026

In time for the season!  Have you ever wondered about how acute illness impacts chronic medication usage? What do we tell our "sick" patients upon discharge?

Joanne Routsolias PharmD

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In Pharmacology Tags Pharmocology, PharmD Pearl, Weekly Cheese
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Pharm & Cheese: Mannitol in the ED

December 10, 2025

Clinical Question: Mannitol Use in the ED – How to dose and Where it Is Kept? 

Mariam Isa, PharmD and Joanne Routsolias, ED Clinical PharmD 

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In Neurology, Critical Care, HEENT Tags Pharmocology, PharmD Pearl
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Pharm & Cheese: Nebulized TXA

August 14, 2025

Bedside Clinical Question: Can nebulized tranexamic acid (TXA) be used as treatment in a patient presenting with hemoptysis?

Yasmeen Ettrick, PharmD PGY1 Pharmacy Resident and Joanne Routsolias, PharmD, RN, BCPS, Clinical PharmD Specialist

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In Pharmacology Tags Pharmocology, PharmD Pearl
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