Session Information
2008 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Pharmacokinetic Dosing Dilemmas in Current Clinical Practice
Track:
Educational Sessions
Program Code: 208-L01
Date: Monday, December 8, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Location:
S230H
MEETING PLANNING ASSOCIATE:
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John Murphy, Pharm.D., Professor and Associate Dean, The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson
PRESENTER(S):
Thomas Dowling, Pharm.D., Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
John Murphy, Pharm.D., Professor and Associate Dean, The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson- Compare methods for evaluating a patient's renal function and discuss the use of this information to guide drug dosing.
- Describe how obesity may result in adverse patient outcomes apart from health problems related to long-term obesity.
- Evaluate differences in patients that can lead to need for dose adjustment compared to the average dose (e.g., pregnancy, amputation, aging, disease, drug interactions).
- List three patient characteristics that should be included in equations involving size descriptors for medication dosing.