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New Developments in Pneumonia (CAP, HCAP, HAP, and VAP): Improving Patient Care, Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance - Teleconference Archive #1
Description:
The primary objective of this program is to provide pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists, hospitalists, critical care physicians, and hospital pharmacists with current and clinically relevant information on empiric management of pneumonia, including the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America (ATS/IDSA) recommendations and principles for initiating, de-escalating, and stopping therapy. The presentations are intended to illustrate best practices in the diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP), hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
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At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Discuss the clinical challenges presented by drug resistant gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria
Review the use of microbiology diagnostics and the essential clinical features of CAP, HCAP, HAP, and VAP
Explain the effects of initial empiric antibiotic therapy on patient morbidity, mortality, and length of stay
Implement appropriate use and adequate dosing of empiric antibiotics by addressing pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters, comorbidities, duration of therapy, severity of illness, and local microbiological data
Describe de-escalation strategies based on clinical response and microbiological data
Third Annual American Conference on Psychiatric Disorders
Description:
The American Conference on Psychiatric Disorders will present the most current clinical information on the diagnosis and management of conditions that affect patients in both the psychiatric and primary care settings, such as depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders.
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ACCME
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better prepared to:
Describe emerging perspectives on the classification of psychiatric disorders
Summarize the various clinical presentations of depression and techniques for proper assessment, diagnosis, and multimodal treatment
Identify clinical criteria, diagnostic tools, and therapeutic strategies useful in the recognition and management of bipolar disorder
Review clinical considerations in designing a treatment regimen for the patient with schizophrenia
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