Duration
20h Th, 4h Vis.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Principles of general pharmacology
Pharmacology of general anaesthetics
Pharmacology of antibiotics in ICU patients
Renal replacement therapy and drug pharmacology in ICU patients
Drug interaction and incompatibility in ICU patients
Iatrogenic effects of drugs and its prevention in ICU patients
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Understand the determinants of plasma drug concentration in the context of intravenous bolus and conitnuous iv injection
- Understand the principle of context sensitive half life
- Have a basic knowledge of the properties of the most commonly used anaesthetics in intensive care medicine and emergency medicine
- Understand the impact of renal replacment therapy on drug pharmakinetics in ICU patients
- Understand the modalities of antibiotic delivery in ICU patients
- Understand the physical and chemical incompatibilites and the interactions bteween the drugs used in ICU patients
- Know the current distribution of the iatrpogenic events induced by the drugs used in ICU patients and methods to prevent them
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex Cathedra
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
face-to-face
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Any session :
- In-person
written exam
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
-written exam
Open questions with short answers
Multiple choice questions
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
G.Hans@chu.ulg.ac.be