Time/Location:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Insignia Prime Steak & Sushi
610 Smithtown Bypass, Smithtown, NY 11787
Title: Muscle Matters: Shedding Light on Myasthenia Gravis
Speaker: Joshua Yaich, PharmD, PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident at North Shore University Hospital
Pharmacist Objectives:
- To explain the background, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of myasthenia gravis
- To identify risk factors and precipitating agents that may trigger myasthenia gravis exacerbation
- To describe evidence-based therapies for the treatment of myasthenia gravis
- To describe treatment challenges encountered in ICU patients with myasthenic crisis
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- To evaluate appropriateness of medication therapy for patients with myasthenic crisis
- To define myasthenia gravis
- To identify medications to be given for management of myasthenia gravis
- To describe what myasthenic crisis is
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