Session Information
2012 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Controversial ICU Prophylactic Drug Therapies: Playing With a Royal Flush or Bluffing On a Busted Hand
Track: Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 240-L01
Date: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Location: Mandalay Bay D, Level 2, South Convention Center
PRESENTER(S):   Click the plus sign to see more detailed information about each speaker.
 Brian Barnes, PharmD, MS, Associate Dean/Associate Professor, The University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy
 Mitchell Buckley, Pharm.D., FCCM, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
 William Dager, PharmD, BCPS, Pharmacist Specialist, University of California Davis Medical Center
 Stacy Voils, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
PROGRAM CHAIR:   Click the plus sign to see more detailed information about each speaker.
 Mitchell Buckley, Pharm.D., FCCM, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Description
Reducing the Stressed Stomach: Optimal Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Strategies, Mitchell S. Buckley, PharmD, FCCM

Getting the Heart Out of the Fast Lane: Novel Therapies in Preventing Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation, Brian J. Barnes, PharmD, MS

Preventing VTE: Keeping the Blood Flowing, William E. Dager, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

Novel Anti-Epileptic Medications for Seizure Prevention in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury, Stacy Voils, PharmD, BCPS

  • Compare the efficacy of novel pharmacologic agents versus standard therapies in the prophylaxis of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.
  • Design an evidence-based pharmacotherapy regimen for stress ulcer prevention in the critically ill patient.
  • 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.