Session Information
2012 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Antimicrobial Dosing in Obesity: Finding the Holy Scale
Track: Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 209-L01
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Location: Mandalay Bay D, Level 2, South Convention Center
PRESENTER:   Click the plus sign to see more detailed information about each speaker.
 Manjunath Pai, PharmD, Associate Professor, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
PROGRAM CHAIR:   Click the plus sign to see more detailed information about each speaker.
 Manjunath Pai, PharmD, Associate Professor, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  • Given a specific obese patient case, evaluate the effects of body size descriptors on the estimate of kidney function.
  • Interpret the population pharmacokinetic model to aid estimation of the optimal dose in an obese patient.
  • Recommend an appropriate dose of an antimicrobial agent for an infected patient with chronic kidney disease where no guidance is available for dose modification.


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(Code: 209-L01)
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