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ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) (See under "Mental Health")

Albumin Use

Alzheimer's Disease (See under "Dementia")

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Aminoglycoside Dosing Guidelines - Adults

• UHS Guidelines

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Angina (Chronic, Stable)

Anticoagulation

Adult Anticoagulation Drug Guidelines

• Argatroban & Lepirudin
• DVT Prophylaxis Guidelines
• Enoxaparin Dose Adjustment Table
• Enoxaparin, Dalteparin and Fondaparinux for Treatment
• Fondaparinux
• Regional Anesthesia During Antithrombotic Therapy
• Unfractionated Heparin Infusion Protocol
• Warfarin-Anticoagulation Therapy Guideline (Inpatient and Outpatient)
• Treatment of Hemorrhage in Patients with an elevated INR (See under Bleeding Disorders)

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Pediatric Anticoagulation Drug Guidelines

Education

• Enoxaparin 60mg syringe Teaching Template
• Enoxaparin 60mg syringe Teaching Template-Spanish
• Vitamin K Content Handout (English)
• Vitamin K Content Handout (Spanish)
• Anticoagulation Lecture (Deborah Cardell, MD) (2-29-2008)
• Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time, heparin, HIT and direct thrombin inhibitors (Memo from Dr. John Olson, UHS Lab Director)
• Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Drugs - Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter
• Heparin Assay Faculty Memo (Dr. Higgins, Hematology Lab Director)
• Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (Formulary Flash Statement from 2004 to increase awareness)
• Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (Formulary Flash Statement from 2006 to help optimize diagnosis and treatment)
• Anticoagulation Safety Initiatives (Formulary Flash from 2008 to increase awareness of JCAHO requirements)
• Heparin vs LMWHs vs Fondaparinux (Formulary Flash from Feb 2009 comparing these anticoagulants)
• Heparin Monitoring Change (Formulary Flash from May 2009 describing assay change by the Lab)
• UTHSCSA Anticoagulation Links

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Policies

Antifungal IV Therapy Guidelines

• Guidelines for Treatment of Candidiasis (Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009)

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Argatroban Use (See under "Anticoagulation")

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Asthma or COPD Management (Outpatient)

Atrial Tachyarrhythmias

• Atrial Tachyarrhythmias

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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

• UHS Guidelines
• National Guidelines

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Bleeding Disorders

• Algorithm for the Managment of Bleeding in Hemophilia
• Treatment of Hemorrahge in Patients with an Elevated INR (Profilnine aka Factor IX Complex Concentrate aka PCC)

Breast and Cervical Cancer

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Cardiovascular Disease

Cervical Cancer (See "Breast and Cervical Cancer")

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Cholesterol (See "Hyperlipidemia")

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Cilostazol

Clostridium difficile

Code Blue Drugs and Guidelines

Colorectal Cancer (Metastatic)

• Clinical Practice Guidelines 2010 from IDSA SHEA
• UHS - VA Treatment Guidelines

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Congestive Heart Failure (Acute)

Congestive Heart Failure (Chronic)

Contraceptives

• U.S. Medical Eligibility for Contraceptive Use, 2010 from the CDC

CroFab (See "Snakebites")

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CVA (See "Stroke")

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Darbepoetin Alfa Guidelines

Dementia

Diabetes

DVT Prophylaxis (see "Anticoagulation")

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Epilepsy

Exposure Pathways

Factor VII/NovoSeven (See Hemophilia Algorithm under "Bleeding Disorders")

Factor IX Complex Concentration (Profilnine) (See Treatment of Hemorrhage in Patients with an Elevated INR under "Bleeding Disorders")

FEIBA (See Hemophilia Algorithm under "Bleeding Disorders")

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Fentanyl

Fluoroquinolone Use

Fomepizole Use

Genital Warts

GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (See under "Anticoagulation")

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Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

HIV Disease

Hyperalimentation Orders (See "Parenteral Nutrition Orders")

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Hyperlipidemia

Hyperparathyroidism

• Algorithm

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Hyperphosphatemia

Hypertension

Hypertonic Saline Use

• Guidelines for Use of Hypertonic Saline in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

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Iron Guidelines

• Iron Sucrose Guidelines for Use

Lepirudin Use (See under "Anticoagulation")

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Linezolid Use

Macrolide Use

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Mental Health

ADHD

• UHS Guidelines
• ADHD National Guidelines from American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2003
• ADHD National Guidelines from American Academy of Pediatrics 2011
• Teacher Evaluation (before patient is on medication)
• Teacher Evaluation (after patient is on medication)

Bipolar Disease Pathways

• Bipolar Disease Treatment Guidelines - American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• TDMHMR Psychotropic Drug Maximum Dosage Guidelines

Depression Pathways

Schizophrenia Pathways

Methadone Use

Migraine

Neonatology

• Erythropoietin Usage Guidelines in Anemia of Prematurity

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Occupational Exposure (See "Exposure Pathways")

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Osteoarthritis

Osteoporosis

Pain Management

Pap Smear (See under "Breast and Cervical Cancer")

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Parenteral Nutrition Orders

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Pediatrics Section

• Pediatric Antiepileptic Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury Protocol (Algorithm)
• Pediatric Antiepileptic Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury Protocol (Discussion and References)

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Pharyngitis

Profilnine (See Treatment of Hemmorhage under "Bleeding Disorders")

Prostate Cancer

Psoriasis

Pulmonary Hypertension

Quinolone Use (See under Fluoroquinolone Use)

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Scabies

Seizures (See under "Epilepsy")

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Snakebites

• CroFab - Snakebite Severity Score Flowsheet and Treatment Algorithm

Stroke

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

• National Guidelines from AHA Stroke Jan 2009

Total Parenteral Nutrition Orders (See "Parenteral Nutrition Orders")

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Tramadol (See under "Pain Management")

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Tuberculosis

Urinary Incontinence

Vaccine Information

Wound Care

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