When Standard Dosing Just Doesn't Cut It: Optimizing Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Dosing in Special Populations: Brooklyn Hospital Only

November 13, 2026

Target Audience

All pharmacists

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

Explain core antimicrobial PK/PD concepts (volume of distribution, clearance, protein binding, and exposure targets) relevant to dose individualization
Identify physiologic changes in hypoalbuminemia, obesity, low body weight, and pregnancy that may change antibiotic exposure
Recognize how ARC, RRT/CRRT, and ECMO influence drug elimination, distribution, or circuit-related drug loss
State the different circumstances in which customary dosing is likely to result in underexposure of potentially excessive exposure
Identify patient-specific information, organism susceptibility, and available drug-level monitoring to select of reassess a dosing strategy

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE
    The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Course opens: 
11/11/2026
Course expires: 
12/15/2028
Event starts: 
11/13/2026 - 2:00pm EST
Event ends: 
11/13/2026 - 3:00pm EST
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0
ZOOM or Brooklyn Hospital
United States

 

Frankie J Benavides PharmD

PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Resident, The Brooklyn Hospital Center Jul 2026 – Present
Brooklyn, NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACPE UAN 0042-0000-26-054-L01-P

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE
    The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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