Title: UCad- Urgent Care- Adult-Turning Inpatients into Outpatients: DVT, PE, Low Risk Chest Pain. Syncope: Evaluation, Diagnosis and Management A Rational Approach to Abscesses and Cellulitis in the Era of MRSA.
Faculty: Andrew D. Perron, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.C.S.M., John Bielinski, Jr. MS, PAC
Original Release Date: July 1, 2021 Expiration Date: July 1, 2024
TOPIC 1: Turning Inpatients into Outpatients: DVT, PE, Low Risk Chest Pain.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM, COMP
- Describe the rapidly evolving landscape emphasizing the outpatient treatment of many diseases that formerly mandated hospital admission
- Outline the risk-stratification of low-risk chest pain to identify patients who can be rapidly discharged with outpatient follow-up
- Outline the risk-stratification of low-risk DVT and PE to identify patients who can be rapidly discharged with outpatient follow-up.
TOPIC 2: Syncope: Evaluation, Diagnosis and Management
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
- Describe the pathophysiology of syncope
- Differentiate between various causes of syncope
- Develop a diagnostic algorithm for the evaluation of syncope as per the 2017 ACC Guidelines
- Employ management strategies for patients presenting with syncope.
TOPIC 3: A Rational Approach to Abscesses and Cellulitis in the Era of MRSA.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM, COMP
- Assess risk factors for CA-MRSA infection.
- Specify the best-evidence management of skin and soft-tissue infections such as abscess and cellulitis in the era of drug resistance.
- Assess both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic best-practice management strategies for this disease entity.
- Demonstrate familiarity with the latest treatment recommendations for CA-MRSA as directed by the CDC.
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