105 - Less Is More: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Immunocompromised Patients

Friday, October 13, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Location: 252 AB

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Murat Akova, Prof. (he/him/his)

Professor
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Dayna McManus, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, BCIDP (she/her/hers)

Pharmacy Supervisor, Infectious Diseases
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT, United States

Faculty(s)

Jason Goldman, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Physician, Infectious Disease
Providence Swedish Medical Center, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Seattle, WA, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Murat Akova, Prof.: No financial relationships to disclose

Dayna McManus, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, BCIDP: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

recognize appropriateness of antibiotic use in febrile neutropenia among cancer patients;
describe the strategy for short term empirical antimicrobial therapy in febrile neutropenic cancer/transplant patients;
explain the challenges and controversies of UTI treatment in kidney transplant recipients

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US ET

Let It Go: When to Discontinue Antibiotics in Febrile Neutropenia
Speaker: Murat Akova, Prof. (he/him/his) – Hacettepe University
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Water Under the Bridge: Treatment of UTI in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Speaker: Jason D. Goldman, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Providence Swedish Medical Center, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington