Antimicrobial Dosing in Obesity: Finding the Holy Scale

Wednesday, December 5, 2012
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Activity #: 204-000-12-209-L01P
Level of Content: Advanced
1.00 Contact Hours / Knowledge-based
Program Chair: Manjunath P. Pai, PharmD

Learning Objectives:

• 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.