CEFTRIAXONE vs CEFUROXIME SODIUM

[My original post is here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskDocs/comments/1aqmzfy/5_year_old_has_had_a_high_fever_for_6_days_i_am/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) It is now February 28th, and we are finally being discharged from th

Surgical intern here. I feel like I call my pharmacists an ungodly amount of times a day, and wanted to know if maybe I was missing some basic knowledge (or basic ways to get to that knowledge). My hospital has Micromedex for free, so I'll always try to give it a cursory glance or Google quickly bef

15 y/o healthy male, UTD vaccinations, NKDA, no medications. 5'8", 125 lbs. Was waiting for the school bus (very early so still partially dark outside) and neighbor pulled quickly into her driveway. She ran over him with front tire, he was wedged under and drug 20 feet until the back tire ran him ov

FINAL UPDATE: after his final IV antibiotics appointment today we met with an awesome doctor. Essentially he said that when we first went into the ER to get him looked at the other doctor fucked up by not draining the hematoma or whatever it is on the front of his leg and he probably has phlebitis.

Anyone have any thoughts on how ceftriaxone would cause this? Part of me thinks it’s just an odd coincidence, patients were in the hospital in the first place, and a whole lot of people receive ceftriaxone. But, anything is possible I suppose

I had this situation come up the other day, and was curious how other people would/have handle(d) it. This is specifically regarding a vanco consult, but I’m also curious about other types! I got one the other day that was clearly not indicated. Without going into too much detail, basically this pat

Good afternoon. Kind of a long story. I am 26F with no drug or alcohol use. Five foot three inches tall and weigh 194 lbs. Daily medications include corlanor (IST), buspirone (anxiety), singulair (allergies), qulipta (migraines), and cymbalta (anxiety). I carry an albuterol inhaler and an epi pen. O

Age: 32 Female Weight: 52 kg (114.64 pounds) Height: 168 centimetres (5 feet 6.142 inches) Hello, I just came out of surgery about 12 hours ago (a bilateral mastectomy for breast cancer). Recently I have had to take 3 courses of antibiotics as I had fevers following my chemotherapy and one tooth rem

Hi guys! Iam 18 and Male. So since the last 3 days I was suffering from fever, cough(gooey stuff comes out sometimes) and unbearable headache. So I went to the doc yesterday. My fever was at 39 degree Celcius. I was prescribed medicine and an injection. After getting the injection I sweated profus

I am female 23, Weight 53, from India. Blood and Urine tests were normal. Ultrasound scan of abdomen showed, 1. Right ureter shows minimal dilation. 2. Pancreatic Duct shows minimal dilation. 3. Mild hydroureteronephrosis right kidney. Was given Cefuroxime axetil tablets and sodium citrate and citr