Chapter 71- Infective Endocarditis

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Differentiate the causes and development of infective endocarditis (IE).
2. Identify the clinical presentation and laboratory evaluation for IE.
3. Assess diagnostic criteria used to evaluate a patient suspected of having IE.
4. Describe the most likely causative organisms of IE, particularly in specific patient populations.
5. Develop appropriate pharmacologic treatment recommendations for patients with IE.
6. Define appropriate patient populations requiring prophylactic treatment, and differentiate appropriate drug regimens.
7. Devise a monitoring plan for patients with IE to determine treatment efficacy and discern any adverse effects.

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