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Toxic Alert    
Many Common Drugs Can Damage Kidney and Liver
by Paula Dilanchian, PharmD and Victoria Devore Woodard, PharmD and Yavonne Q. Martinez, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
CE500 l 1.00 hr

Toxic Alert - CE500  


        Price  ( $ 10.00 )
Objectives:

The goal of this module is to inform nurses about the common OTC, prescription, and herbal products that cause renal and liver toxicity, with an emphasis on patient populations at risk. After studying the information presented here you will be able to —

  • Discuss the drugs that cause renal toxicity and list their mechanisms of toxicity.
  • Discuss the drugs that cause liver toxicity and list their mechanisms of toxicity.
  • Identify patient risk factors for the development of drug-induced renal or liver toxicity.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 1/5/2012



 
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