General concepts of pharmacodynamics

4th ISAP Educational Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, April 1st, 2001

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General concepts of pharmacodynamics

Pharmacodynamics – why?

Pharmacodynamics – why?

Ecological unwanted effects

Pharmacodynamics – why?

Antibiotic effects

Antibiotic effects in the following

Definitions

Definitions

Definitions

Dose-response-relationships

Pharmacodynamics 

Linear model 

Log-linear model 

EMAX-model 

Sigmoid model (variable slope)

Predictive parameters

Effect on microorganisms

How to identify the predictive parameter(s) in vivo

PPT Slide

Parameters with dosing

Azithromycin, one pneumococcus, different regimens

Teicoplanin and vancomycin, one pneumococcus, many dosing regimens

Teicoplanin and vancomycin II

Penicillin-G, ten pneumococci, many dosing regimens

Future focus on PK/PD

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