In this papers to practice series, Drs. Regis Kowalski and
Deepinder Dhaliwal present topics on Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
- Describe dropless prophylaxis after cataract surgery
- Present evidence of efficacy of dropless prophyaxis in a
rabbit model
- Implement safeguards for the use dropless prophylaxis
Reading Resources:
- Lindstrom RL, Galloway MS, Grzybowski A, Liegner JT.
Dropless Cataract Surgery: An overview. Current Pharmaceutical Design
2017;23:558-564
- Tyson SL, Bailey R, Roman JS, Zhan T, Hark LA, Haller JA.
Clinical outcomes after injection of a compounded pharmaceutical for
prophylaxis after cataract surgery: a large-scale review. Curr Opin Ophthalmol
2017;28:73-80
- Kowalski RP, Romanowski EG, Shanks RMQ, Mah FS. The
Comparison of Fluoroquinolones to Nonfluoroquinolone Antibacterial Agents for
the Prevention of Endophthalmitis in a Rabbit Model. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther
2012;28:604-608
Disclosures:
Dr. Kowalski has reported no relevant relationships with
any entities producing health care goods or services
Dr. Dhaliwal has financial interests with the following
any entity or entities producing health care goods or services as
indicated below:
- Grant/Research Support: Imprimus, Novabay, Kala therapeutics
- Consultant: Bausch & Lomb
- Other: Sightlife, Ocular therapeutics, Staar Surgical
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial
relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing
health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed
above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers,
presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to
control the content of this education activity have relevant financial
relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates
this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care
professionals are awarded (0.075) continuing education units (CEU) which are
equivalent to .75 contact hour.
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Release Date: 10/17/2017 | Last Modified On: 10/17/2017 | Expires: 10/17/2018
