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Renal Dosing of Antibiotics in Patients with Pneumonia

Manjunath (Amit) P. Pai, PharmD, FCP

Speaker: Manjunath (Amit) P. Pai, PharmD, FCP
Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Deputy Director of the PK Core
College of Pharmacy
University of Michigan

ACPE UAN# 0016-0000-21-005-L01-P, 0.5 contact hour (0.05 CEUs)
0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ CME

Learning Objectives

  • Describe strategies to optimize antibiotic dosing
    to ensure the effectiveness of antibiotics in patients
    with various degrees of renal impairment
  • Summarize the impact of augmented renal
    clearance and continuous renal replacement
    therapy on the disposition of antibiotics used to
    treat pneumonia

Speaker Disclosures:
Dr. Pai is a consultant for Paratek Pharma and Wolters-Kluwer and has received research support from Merck.