Drug Dosing and Considerations in AKI and RRT

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Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is complex and dosing varies among institutions. Host Michael Smith, MD, is joined by Melissa L. Thompson Bastin, PharmD, BS, BCPS, CRRT, to review dosing regimens for CRRT, studies of CRRT antibiotic dosing, and CRRT utilization in COVID-19 patients. Dr. Bastin is a medical ICU and pulmonary critical care pharmacist and assistant adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

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