Paired Conversations: The Management of Patients With Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury: An International Perspective
This activity consists of 6 paired conversations with experts from Europe and the United States in the fields of hepatology, critical care, nephrology, and transplantation. During these paired conversations, the faculty explore revised diagnostic criteria, emerging treatment, and coordinating effective multidisciplinary care. In addition, the faculty panel collaboratively reviews a patient case where they share international perspectives on the nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatment ... |
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Overcoming Nursing Management Challenges in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
STATEMENT OF NEED
Prostate cancer is the most common tumor type affecting men in the United States. An estimated 268,490 new cases are diagnosed annually, and 34,500 people die of the disease (ACS, 2022). Typically, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is administered for progressive disease. However, castration resistance or unresponsiveness to ADT or antiandrogens frequently develop over time. Nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a highly heterogeneous disease proces... |
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Evolving Treatment Concepts and New Data in Advanced Prostate Cancer
STATEMENT OF NEED
Prostate cancer is the most common tumor type affecting men in the United States. It is estimated that 268,490 new cases were diagnosed and that 34,500 people died of prostate cancer in 2022 (Siegel et al, 2022). Prostate cancer alone accounts for 27% of all cancer diagnoses in men (ACS, 2022). To optimize outcomes for patients with prostate cancer, it is critical for health care providers to be familiar with the most recent evidence on therapy selection, biomarker testing... |
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Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19: New Avenues to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis - Activity 3: Point-of-Care Use of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the world, it is important for clinicians to recognize the most vulnerable populations, such as immunocompromised people. They are unlikely to mount a full response to COVID-19 vaccinations and have a higher risk of both severe outcomes if infected and easier transmission to uninfected people. An Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) was recently granted for preexposure prophylaxis in immunocompromised people, and it is critical that clinicians are a... |
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Sports Medicine 2023 -LIVE STREAMING
The Comprehensive 2023 Sports Medicine Update
State-of-the-Art Approaches to the Diagnosis, Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Prevention of Sports Injuries
This Harvard Medical School CME program, which is among the highest-rated HMS CME courses, provides a special and timely opportunity to hear directly from world-renowned physician specialists (physiatrists, orthopedists, radiologists), team physicians and athletic trainers for the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, New England Revolution and... |
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Effective PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy Starts With You: Overcoming Barriers to Patient Access
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of primary care physicians and cardiologists.
Program Overview
This activity will review the role of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibition in patients with primary and secondary hyperlipidemia, citing the latest evidence from care guidelines and clinical trials, and highlighting the importance of continuing PCSK9 inhibitor therapy as well as standard of care agents for patients at high... |
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Ensuring Optimal Management of Antibiotic-Resistant Hospital- and Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia
Target Audience
Infectious disease physicians, infectious disease pharmacists, critical care specialists, pharmacy/formulary directors, and other providers who treat and/or monitor patients with hospital- or ventilator-acquired pneumonias (eg, clinical pharmacists, clinical microbiologists, hospitalists)
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:
Review the diagnostic approach and pathophysiology of hospital- and ventilator-acquired bacte... |
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CCRN/PCCN Exam Review - North Kansas City, MO
Course Description
This three-day course is designed to provide critical care and progressive care nurses a review of AACN’s core curriculum. The course combines central knowledge-based lectures so that nurses working in the PCU and ICU arenas will have a review of AACN’s certification blueprint. The first day will provide the critical care provider with an essential review of nursing care and interventions designed for the ICU setting. The second day of this lecture series will combine b... |
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Are These Children Having Surgeries Too Early and Too Often – A Program on Timely Diagnosis of Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of pediatricians in primary care practice, surgery, ENT, orthopedic surgery, and radiology. Other healthcare providers including geneticists are included.
Program Overview
Prior to the diagonosis of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), affected children often present with hernia and recurrent ear infection that require surgical interventions. Raising suspicion of MPS among these children is critical. This program will discuss... |
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Optimizing Nutrition Support: Advancements in Indirect Calorimetry & Digital Tools
Target Audience
This educational activity has been designed to meet the needs of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and dieticians involved in the management of clinical nutrition.
Program Overview
Parenteral nutrition (PN), which involves the intravenous administration of nutrition, may increase energy delivery to a level that more closely matches a patient's estimated caloric requirements compared to enteral nutrition. This nutrition strategy is often performed in hospitalized patient... |
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Finding the Best Path Forward in PAH Management – A Focus on NO-cGMP Signaling
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward an audience of pulmonologists, cardiologists, primary care physicians, and other health care providers who treat patients with PAH.
Program Overview
This Expert Illustrations and Commentaries™ is a video-based program in which 2 experts discuss the etiology and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In this activity, the faculty focus on the pathophysiology of PAH and current and emerging therapeutic strategi... |
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Finding Something in Nothing: Patient-Centered Approaches to Resolve Emotional Blunting in Major Depressive Disorder -- An Integrated Educational Initiative
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This activity is designed to meet the needs of psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses, and other healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and long-term management of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
Emotional blunting (EB) is one of the most highly reported and subjectively disruptive symptoms in patients with MDD. As EB can inhibit the ability to achieve full functional ... |
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Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 2023 - LIVE STREAMING
Comprehensive Updates for State-of-the-Art Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment
This comprehensive live streaming online course, which is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, provides education and updates to optimize your care of patients with:
• Chronic cough
• COPD
• Asthma
• Lung nodules
• Lung cancer
• Sleep-disordered breathing
• GERD
• Sepsis
• ARDS
• Sarcoidosis
• IPF
• Pleural disease
• Pneumonia
• Tuberculosis
• Su... |
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Anesthesiology Update 2023 - LIVE STREAMING or IN PERSON
The Comprehensive 2023 Anesthesiology Update
Cardiac, Regional, Office-Based, Thoracic, Obstetric, Neuro, and Pediatric
Anesthesiology Update will be held on May 8"12, 2023. You have the option to attend either online as the course is live streamed or in person in Boston, MA.
In the past year, there have been a number of very significant clinical changes that affect the practice of anesthesiology. This comprehensive Harvard Medical School CME program provides a special and timely oppo... |
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Decision Points: Managing Influenza, COVID-19, and Coinfection
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of clinicians involved in the care of patients with influenza in both inpatient and outpatient settings and COVID-19 in the hospital setting, including critical care specialists, emergency medicine specialists, infectious disease specialists, hospitalists, pulmonologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, PAs, and pharmacists. It may also benefit other healthcare professionals involved in the care o... |
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Management of Large B-Cell Lymphomas: A Critical Update on Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and CAR T-Cell Therapy
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Hematologist-oncologists, pathologists, histologists, advanced practitioners, oncology nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients diagnosed with LBCL.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
In this activity, Jeremy Abramson, MD, highlights the significant disease burden of B-cell lymphomas, as well as the latest advances in therapeutics, and practical strategies for integrating novel therapies into practice through patient selection and supportive c... |
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FSA 2023 Annual Meeting
This activity is intended for anesthesiologists. Researchers and other healthcare professionals with an interest in anesthesiology may also participate. |
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COPD Visual Toolkit: An expert-led discussion between a pulmonologist and a primary care physician on best practices in the management of patients with COPD
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of pulmonologists, primary care physicians, and other healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with COPD.
Program Overview
The COPD Visual Toolkit features a discussion between pulmonologist Fernando Martinez, MD, and primary care physician Barbara Yawn, MD. As they review tools for COPD management, Dr. Martinez and Dr. Yawn will discuss COPD cases that are illustrated with whiteboard animations clips... |
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Virologic Failure in HIV: An Updated Clinician’s Guide to Assessment and Management
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of infectious disease and HIV-specialist physicians and other clinicians involved in the care of patients with HIV infection.
Statement of Need/Program Overview
Though the prevalence of virologic failure (VF) in patients with HIV has decreased as newer antiretroviral (ART) regimens with higher genetic barriers to resistance and reduced toxicity have been approved, VF can still occur. VF may be due to patient, vi... |
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Burst Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Current Treatments for Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward healthcare providers serving patients with cirrhosis, including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, critical care specialists, physician assistants, and nurses. Other health care professionals will also be invited to participate.
Program Overview
Cirrhosis is a result of longstanding fibrosis and can result in various negative sequelae including gastrointestinal hemorrhage, particularly from esophageal varices... |
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Burst Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Management Strategies for Refractory Ascites
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward health care providers serving patients with cirrhosis, including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, critical care specialists, physician assistants, and nurses. Other health care professionals will also be invited to participate.
Program Overview
Cirrhosis is a result of longstanding fibrosis, and can result in various negative sequelae including ascites. Ascites is the most common complication related to cir... |
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Clinical Consultations™: Facilitating Optimal Treatment Outcomes and Multidisciplinary Care in Hepatorenal Syndrome- Acute Kidney Injury (HRS-AKI)
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward health care providers serving patients with cirrhosis, including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, critical care specialists, physician assistants, and nurses. Other health care professionals are also invited to participate.
Activity Overview
This Clinical Consultations™: Facilitating Optimal Treatment Outcomes and Multidisciplinary Care in Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury (HRS-AKI) is a video-based pr... |
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Medical Crossfire: Optimizing Outcomes for Patients with Stroke: Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction
Activity Overview
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause of death worldwide. Ischemic stroke, which is caused by obstruction in a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain, is the most common type of stroke, accounting for 87% of strokes globally. Most patients who experience an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) should be managed with risk-reduction strategies. Such strategies, known as secondary prevention, include lifest... |
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Treating Obesity 2023: The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine - LIVE STREAMING
Education to Optimize Your Care of Adult, Adolescent, and Pediatric Patients with Obesity
This highly-rated Harvard Medical School CME course delivers practical strategies to optimize the management of obesity and its many complications, and provides the most up-to-date approaches to obesity prevention and treatment.
Highlights of the 2023 program include:
• Comprehensive evaluation of the patient with obesity
• Medical management of the patient with obesity
• Emerging precision med... |
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Internal Medicine Comprehensive Review and Update 2023 - LIVE STREAMING
Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Updates for Internal Medicine and Its Subspecialties
This program, the 63rd Annual Internal Medicine Update from the leading clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, provides comprehensive instruction to ensure clinicians are current with the latest evidence and best practices to optimize patient care.
This program covers the breadth of Internal Medicine subspecialties, including:
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Infectious... |
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Gastroenterology 2023 - LIVE STREAMING
The Comprehensive 2023 Gastroenterology Update
This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME program ensures participants are current with state-of-the-art GI strategies and clinical practices. It covers recent advances and their impact on clinical approaches and on patient outcomes. Updates, best practices, and new guidelines are presented by nationally recognized GI experts and master clinicians.
Practical, Results-Driven Education
Highlights of the 2023 program include:
• Updated g... |
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Emergency Medicine Comprehensive Review Series
Topics Include:
1. Cardiology: Atrial Fibrillation; Congestive Heart Failure; Carditis
2. Critical Care: Allergies/Anaphylaxis; Shock; Aortic Emergencies
3. ED Challenges: Chest Pain; Head Injury; Nephrolithiasis/Pyelonephritis
4. Must Know: High-Risk Abdomen; Post-Arrest Care; Urogenital Emergencies
5. Trauma: Airway Trauma; Trauma in Pregnancy; Sick Trauma Patient/Non-Trauma Center
All 5 modules available to Download or Stream on your device. Receive a PDF digital syllabus for each ... |
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Pediatric Medicine Comprehensive Review Series
Topics Include:
1. Critical Care: Life-Threatening Infections; Seizures; Flaccid Myelitis
2. Emergencies: Trauma/Fractures; Appendicitis; Visual Diagnosis
3. Infectious Diseases: UTI; Animal Bites; Kawasaki Disease
4. Trauma: Abdominal Trauma; Head Injuries; Upper Extremity Fractures
5. Wellness: Child Physical Abuse; Pain Management; Foreign Body Aspirated/Ingested
All 5 modules available to Download or Stream on your device. Receive a PDF digital syllabus for each as well as access ... |
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Who, What, and When: Managing Hyperimmune Response in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Infection An Interactive Infographic Web Activity
Target Audience
This initiative has been designed to address the educational needs of clinicians involved in the care of patients with COVID-19 in the hospital setting, including those specializing in infectious disease, critical care medicine, emergency medicine, and pulmonology. It may also benefit primary care physicians, hospitalists, and other allied healthcare providers who are interested or involved in the care of patients with COVID-19.
Program Overview
This interactive infogr... |
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Who, What, and When: Managing Hyperimmune Response in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Infection
arget Audience
This initiative has been designed to address the educational needs of clinicians involved in the care of patients with COVID-19 in the hospital setting, including those specializing in infectious disease, critical care medicine, emergency medicine, and pulmonology. It may also benefit primary care physicians, hospitalists, and other allied healthcare providers who are interested or involved in the care of patients with COVID-19.
Program Overview
This case-based activity... |
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Advances In™ Cirrhosis: Reframing the Management of Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury: A Review of Current Strategies
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward health care providers treating patients with cirrhosis, including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, critical care specialists, physician assistants, and nurses. Other health care professionals also will be invited to participate.
Program Overview
HRS is the deadliest complication of cirrhosis. HRS-AKI, the extreme form of kidney injury in patients, is caused by a reduction in renal blood flow unresponsive to... |
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Ending the HIV Epidemic in the Southeast: Strategies to Increase PrEP Uptake in Rural and Underserved Communities Part 4: Improving the PrEP Care Continuum in People Who Inject Drugs
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other health professionals who serve patients in rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
Although pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is widely recognized as an effective method for preventing HIV in at-risk populations, its uptake remains low in rural and underserved communities where stigma surrounding drug use an... |
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Part 3: Communicating About HIV Treatment as Prevention
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, social workers/case managers, and other health professionals who serve patients in rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
Health professionals play an important role in helping patients cope with an HIV diagnosis and improving their health outcomes. It is therefore critical to engage patients in conversation to understand their ne... |
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The Management of Patients With Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury: An International Perspective
Target Audience
This activity was developed for a national audience of critical care physicians, hepatologists, nephrologists, transplant surgeons, critical care pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians who care for patients with hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI).
Program Overview
During these paired conversations, the faculty explore revised diagnostic criteria, emerging treatment, and coordinating effective multidisciplinary care. In ... |
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Catching Your Breath in COPD - Module 1: A Review of Current COPD Management Guidelines
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of primary care and pulmonology clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, who manage patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Program Overview
COPD management goals have shifted in recent years from acutely treating exacerbations to emphasizing appropriate maintenance therapy that stabilizes disease as much as possible and prevents exacerbations, hospitaliz... |
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Catching Your Breath in COPD - Module 2: The Evolving Role of Triple Combination Therapy for COPD
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of primary care and pulmonology clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, who manage patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Program Overview
COPD management goals have shifted in recent years from acutely treating exacerbations to emphasizing appropriate maintenance therapy that stabilizes disease as much as possible and prevents exacerbations, hospitaliz... |
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Catching Your Breath in COPD - Module 3: Managing COPD in the Era of COVID-19
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of primary care and pulmonology clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, who manage patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Program Overview
COPD management goals have shifted in recent years from acutely treating exacerbations to emphasizing appropriate maintenance therapy that stabilizes disease as much as possible and prevents exacerbations, hospitaliz... |
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Kidney Transplant Therapeutics " Applying New Evidence to Improve Long-term Graft Survival
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Describe the role of the immune response to kidney allograft with a focus on how it impacts the efficacy of immunosuppression and the critical importance of adherence to immunosuppressive regimens
• Summarize current clinical evidence for the efficacy of immunosuppressive regimens to prevent acute and long-term graft rejection
• Apply the KDIGO 2020 guideline for Evaluation and Management of C... |
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Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound
Introduction to Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Live Training Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform the core critical care ultrasound applications as outlined in the ACEP and WINFOCUS ultrasound practice guidelines. These courses are taught by leading emergency medicine ultrasound experts that incorporates comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, system optimization, and needle guidance sessions. Extensive hands-on scanning workshops feature our industry lead... |
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Introduction to Critical Care Ultrasound
Introduction to Critical Care Ultrasound Live Training Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform the core critical care ultrasound applications as outlined in the WINFOCUS and ACEP ultrasound practice guidelines. This course is taught by leading critical care ultrasound experts and incorporates comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, and extensive hands-on scanning workshops featuring our industry leading 3:1 faculty to participant hands-on scan ratio with liv... |
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Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound
The Advanced Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Ultrasound Live Training Course is designed to build on the knowledge base of experienced emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound professionals using advanced ACEP/WINFOCUS ultrasound topics. This course is taught by leading emergency medicine & critical care ultrasound experts and incorporates comprehensive lectures and interactive case presentations. Extensive hands-on skills training is provided featuring the industry lowest 3:1 ... |
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Advanced POCUS for Family Medicine
The Advanced POCUS for Family Medicine Live Training Course is designed to build on the knowledge base of experienced family medicine ultrasound professionals using advanced AAFP / ACEP/WINFOCUS ultrasound topics. This course is taught by leading family medicine, emergency medicine & critical care ultrasound experts and incorporates comprehensive lectures and interactive case presentations. Extensive hands-on skills training is provided featuring the industry lowest 3:1 faculty to particip... |
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Challenging Invasive Fungal Infections: Risk Assessment and Diagnosis
Target Audience
Primary audience: This activity is directed to infectious disease physicians, critical care physicians, hospitalists, surgeons, pathologists/clinical microbiologists, hematologists/oncologists, pharmacists, pediatric infectious disease specialists, transplant specialists, and other healthcare providers responsible for the management of invasive fungal infections.
Secondary audience: Primary care providers, GI, dermatology, and rheumatology specialists who work in the endemi... |
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Are You Up to Date on Your Flu Season Response? Flexing Your Clinical Management Muscles
Influenza is a highly contagious seasonal viral infection that affects all age cohorts. While vaccination is still the best way to prevent influenza-associated illness, under-vaccination and other factors contribute to significant morbidity and mortality during influenza season. Timely use of influenza antiviral therapies can play a critical role in reducing disease severity, duration, and transmission, and therapy indications have recently expanded. Are You Up to Date on Your Flu Season Respo... |
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Managing Invasive Candidiasis: Key Strategies to Make a Difference
Target Audience
This activity is directed to physicians with specialties in infectious diseases, pulmonary/critical care medicine, and pathology/laboratory medicine as well as other healthcare providers who care for patients at risk for or diagnosed with invasive candidiasis.
Program Overview
This activity, supported by the CDC, will demonstrate key strategies to optimize management of invasive candidiasis using an infographic-based approach.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of thi... |
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School Refusal Behavior: Children Who Can’t or Won’t Go to School
School refusal is a problem that is stressful for children, for their families, and for school personnel. Failing to attend school has significant long and short-term effects on children’s social, emotional, and educational development. School refusal is often the result of, or associated with, comorbid disorders such as anxiety or depression. Careful assessment, treatment planning, interventions, and management of school refusal are critical to attainment of the goal of a successful return ... |
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities in Stroke Care: How Can We Play an Active Role in Improving Outcomes for All Patients?
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward community hospital center teams, community neurologists, general neurologists, cardiologists, emergency department physicians, primary care physicians, and other members of the care team for patients with or at risk for stroke.
Activity Overview
Addressing Healthcare Inequities is a video-based program in which 3 experts discuss health disparities that negatively impact patients with stroke. Access to care, insurance costs, and ... |
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Challenging Invasive Fungal Infections: Current and Emerging Pharmacologic Strategies
Target Audience
Primary audience: This activity is directed to infectious disease physicians, critical care physicians, hospitalists, surgeons, pathologists/clinical microbiologists, hematologists/oncologists, pharmacists, pediatric infectious disease specialists, transplant specialists, and other healthcare providers responsible for the management of invasive fungal infections.
Secondary audience: Primary care providers, GI, dermatology, and rheumatology specialists who work in the endemi... |
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Understanding Best Care Practices for Hemorrhagic Stroke " A Focus on the Role of DOAC Reversals
Target Audience
This educational program is directed toward all attendees of the 2022 Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, including neurointensivists, critical care clinicians, and neurologists. Cardiologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, primary care physicians, and other health care professionals involved in treatment of patients experiencing bleeding episodes are invited to participate.
Program Overview
Direct anticoagulants (DOACs) are essential therapy fo... |
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Chronic Cough: Emerging Developments in the Therapeutic Landscape
Target Audience
The intended audience for this activity is otolaryngologists, allergists, pulmonologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals involved in the management of patients with chronic cough.
Program Overview
Chronic cough"a cough lasting more than 8 weeks"impacts as much as 13% of the US population. It may be associated with a wide array of pulmonary or extrapulmonary conditions, and 70% of patients with this condition have at... |