Controversial ICU Prophylactic Drug Therapies: Playing With a Royal Flush or Bluffing On a Busted Hand

Thursday, December 6, 2012
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Activity #: 204-000-12-240-L01P
Level of Content: Advanced
2.00 Contact Hours / Application-based
Program Chair: Mitchell Buckley, PharmD, FCCM

Learning Objectives:

• Design an evidence-based pharmacotherapy regimen for stress ulcer prevention in the critically ill patient.
  
• Compare the efficacy of novel pharmacologic agents versus standard therapies in the prophylaxis of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.
  
• Evaluate the different approaches to providing thromboprophylaxis in the critically ill.
  
• Evaluate the literature for post-traumatic seizure prophylaxis focusing on the safety and effectiveness of newer anti-epileptic medications.