Review of Transplant Pharmacotherapy
Transplant recipients are low volume but high risk population, therefore a review of transplant pharmacotherapy is beneficial to optimizing patient care, particularly to prevent transplant rejection and reduce complications and side effects.
Target Audience
Pharmacist
Learning Objectives
Objective #1: Discuss basic concepts of transplant immunology and immunologic risk factors
Objective #2: Describe the mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, and adverse events of transplant immunosuppression medications
Objective #3: Identify common opportunistic infections and pertinent prophylaxis used after transplant
Objective #4: Recognize opportunities to optimize perioperative medication management based on patient characteristics and post-operative course
Transplant recipients are low volume but high risk population, therefore a review of transplant pharmacotherapy is beneficial to optimizing patient care, particularly to prevent transplant rejection and reduce complications and side effects.
Yanmen Yang-Liu, PharmD
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This knowledge-based activity provides 0.75 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Available Credit
- 0.75 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.