2024 Hospital and Internal Medicine: A Clinical Review of Common Problems – Day 4 (Non-Physician)

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5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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    Title: 2024 Hospital and Internal Medicine: A Clinical Review of Common Problems – Day 4 (Non-Physician)

    Faculty: Kendal Williams, M.D., M.P.H..; Lawrence H. Brent, M.D.

    Release Date: 7/1/2024 Expiration Date: 7/1/2027

    Day 4 

    Crystal Arthropathies

    Attendees of this presentation will be able to:

    • Distinguish the clinical presentations and manifestations of gout and associated medical comorbidities
    • Prescribe treatment for patients with gout according to the EULAR and ACR recommendations and guidelines
    • Distinguish the clinical presentations, manifestations, and treatment of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) and pseudogout

    Vasculitis

    Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

    • Utilize the classification of vasculitis.
    • Specify the diagnosis of specific vasculitides based on clinical, laboratory, and pathologic features.
    • Prescribe treatment for patients with vasculitis based on their diagnosis.

    Update on the Management of Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack

    Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

    • Assess common presentations of cerebrovascular insufficiency.
    • Prescribe the initial management of patients with a suspected acute CVA.
    • Apply cutting edge strategies and therapies for the management of hemorrhagic and thrombotic strokes.
    • Distinguish between stroke and TIA and appropriately assess the patient with TIA for early risk of stroke.
    • Formulate an effective post-stroke secondary prevention plan as per the AHA/ASA guidelines.

    The Evaluation and Management of Syncope and Vertigo

    Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

    • Appropriately evaluate patients with syncope or vertigo.
    • Formulate a diagnostic evaluation strategy of syncope or vertigo that is based on best practices and the 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines.
    • Debate the value of the various diagnostic approaches to the workup of syncope.
    • Prescribe an effective therapeutic strategy for the management of both syncope and vertigo per the 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines.

    Delirium, Dementia, & Psychosis – The Diagnosis & Mgmt of the Inpatient with Mental Status Change

    Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

    • Apply a diagnostic approach to the hospitalized patient with acute mental status change.
    • Discuss the differential diagnosis of psychosis in the hospitalized patient.
    • Based on a systematic review of the best evidence, formulate an evidence-based management strategy for delirium in the hospital setting.
    • Develop an evidence-based screening and treatment protocol for the prevention and management of alcohol withdrawal syndromes.
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