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Clinical impact of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) in 2005
17th ISAP symposium held within meetings of other Scientific Societies  
held during and in cooperation with the 24th International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC)
Manilla, Philippines, June 5th, 2005  - 1:30-3:00 pm

Convener: Paul M. Tulkens, MD, PhD Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

The symposium presented a mini "state of the art" of pharmacodynamic/pharmacokinetics followed by 4 tyoical examples  of how as it can be used, today, by clinicians in specific indications with the following objectives: 

• Appreciate the rationale of dosing regimens of antibiotics and antimalarial agents
• Get insight into testing and interpretation of the results of microbiological and clinical investigations within a PK/PD context
  
• Turning these data into useful clinical messages
  
• Derive practical "take home  messages" for every clinician, microbiologist and pharmacist.
  

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The pharmacological and microbiological basis of PK/PD : why did we need to invent PK/PD in the first place ? WEB -  PDF Paul M. Tulkens (Cellular and Molecula Pharmacology, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium) Clinical implication 1: dose adjustments and ensuring efficacy in urinary tract infections WEB - PDF Kurt Naber (Department of Urology, Hospital St. Elisabeth, Straubing, Germany. Clinical implication 2: dose adjustments and fighting the emergence of resistance in pneumococci WEB - PDF Donald E. Low  (Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada) Clinical implication 3: Can and when should beta-lactams be given by continuous infusion ? John Turnidge (Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia.) WEB - PDF Clinical implication 4: PK/PD as new approach in the treatment of Malaria : the Philippine experience. Dorina Bustos (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Health, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines WEB - PDF

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Useful links

	Home page of ISAP		International Society of Chemotherapy
	24th International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC)

Last update: June 28th,  2005

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• The Banaue Rice Terraces.  If you visit the Philippines, make it a point to visit this world-known wonder located in the northern part Luzon. The Ifugao Rice Terraces was inscribed in the UNESCO World Herirage List in 1995 "because of its great beauty that expresses conquered and conserved harmony between humankind and the environment". Banaue Rice Terraces is dubbed as the stairways to heaven.  This picture was taken from the web site of Virtual Tourist (http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/6e1e9/15830c)
  
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