Title: Primary Care: Endocrinology/Rheumatology/Geriatrics/Neurology – Day 3 (Non-Physician)

Faculty: Lawrence H. Brent, M.D.; Stephen Winters, M.D.; Danya Khoujah, MBBS, MEHP

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

Day 3

Spondyloarthropathies

Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

• Distinguish the clinical features of the different spondyloarthropathies to improve diagnostic accuracy.
• Utilize clinical features, laboratory studies, and radiological studies to make a diagnosis of axial spondyloarthropathy.
• Prescribe pharmacologic agents according to ACR and EULAR recommendations and evidence-based results from clinical trials for patients with spondyloarthropathies.

Septic (Infectious) Arthritis

Attendees of this presentation should be able to:

• Determine the risk factors associated with septic arthritis
• Utilize the British Society of Rheumatology Guidelines for management of the hot swollen joint in adults to differentiate septic arthritis from other causes of acute monoarticular arthritis
• Utilize epidemiological and clinical clues to determine bacterial ethology in patients with septic arthritis

Thyroid Case Studies

Upon completion of this session, using evidence-based medicine and clinical practice guidelines, to include the American Thyroid Association Guidelines, the participant should be able to:

• Appreciate the role of a diagnostic thyroid scan or ultrasound.
• Evaluate a patient for hyperthyroidism.
• Prescribe therapeutic options for parents diagnosed with hypothyroidism.

Cushing Syndrome and other Functional Disorders of the Adrenal

Upon completion of this session, using evidence-based medicine and clinical practice guidelines, to include Endocrine Society Practice guidelines, the participant should be able to:

• Outline the etiologies of Cushing syndrome.
• Evaluate a patient with an adrenal tumor.
• Evaluate a patient for suspected hyperaldosteronism.
• Employ strategies to appropriately diagnosis and manage patients with pheochromocytoma

Disorders of Calcium Metabolism

Upon completion of this session, using evidence-based medicine from the JCEM, Annual of IM and others, the participant should be able to:

• Distinguish the causes of hypercalcemia.
• Recognize secondary hyperparathyroidism.
• Be aware of the indications for surgical intervention using clinical practice guidelines for
• asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism.
• List the causes of hypocalcemia.