 Released: Oct 29, 2007
Expires: Oct 31, 2009
Type: PDF
Social and clinical advances in the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) continue to occur across the globe. Significant accomplishments include reductions in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, introduction of less complex medications and dosing regimens, more thorough understandings of the processes...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 2.40
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Released: Oct 1, 2008
Expires: Oct 1, 2009
Type: PDF
The International Journal of Advances in Rheumatology, a CME/CPE/CNE-accredited educational program, systematically
identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the most important recent studies into the science and medicine of rheumatoid diseases. It provides rapid access for busy specialists to a critical and clinically relevant review of the developments...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 2.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 2.00
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Released: Sep 26, 2008
Expires: Sep 26, 2009
Type: PDF
This newsletter focuses on the clinical presentation and measurements of disease activity of the spondyloarthropathies and on the available treatments. It is essential that clinicians stay abreast of the advances in these areas for optimal outcomes in the management of the spondyloarthropathies. Topics to be discussed include diagnostic criteria, assessment instruments, and current...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Sep 24, 2008
Expires: Sep 24, 2009
Type: PDF
One of the great dilemmas inmodern transplantation is the need to circumvent the alloimmune response by administering immunosuppressive agents that produce long-term, potentially
serious adverse events. Indeed, despite great strides in investigating, approving and utilizing new immunosuppressants in the clinic, the last 2 decades have witnessed significant graft and patient...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 19, 2008
Expires: Sep 19, 2009
Type: PDF
The three available TNF blockers infliximab (Remicade®; a chimeric anti-TNF- monoclonal antibody), etanercept (Enbrel®; a recombinant soluble TNF receptor IgG1-Fc fusion protein), and adalimumab (Humira®; a human anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody) comprise the core of biological therapy for the treatment of RA. The efficacy and safety of TNF blockers, initially...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Sep 16, 2008
Expires: Sep 16, 2009
Type: PDF
Type 2 diabetes is a common, chronic, and expensive disease that affects nearly 20 million individuals in the United States. The increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, which is largely attributed to the alarming increase in the US obesity rate, results in a substantial clinical burden, including an increased risk of cardiovascular death. Costs associated with diabetes and its...
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Andrew Ahmann, MD;
Derek LeRoith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.;
Jeremy M. Gleeson, MD, FRACP, FACP, FACE, CDE;
Staurt Haines, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Sep 4, 2008
Expires: Sep 4, 2009
Type: Audio
Every year, hundreds of thousands of children are subjected to invasive procedures, including venipuncture and intravenous cannulation. Although procedural pain is very common, it continues to be underdiagnosed and undertreated despite the availability of multiple validated modalities for pain assessment and treatment. Accurate pediatric procedural pain evaluation requires knowledge...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.50
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.50
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 1, 2008
Expires: Aug 30, 2009
Type: PDF
The International Journal of Sleep and Wakefulness, a CME-accredited educational program, systematically identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the findings of the most important recent studies of disorders of sleep and wakefulness. It provides rapid access for busy specialists to a critical and clinically relevant review of the developments that will have...
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Marcella Oonk, BSc;
Adrienne M. Tucker, MS;
Gregory Belenky, MD;
Hans VanDongen, PhD;
Teresa R. Quinonez, RPSGT, REEGT;
Daniel Gottlieb, MD, MPH;
Hassan Chami, MD, MSc
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Aug 29, 2008
Expires: Aug 29, 2009
Type: PDF
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) encompass a wide spectrum of mainly B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders with severity ranging from benign polyclonal syndromes to malignant monoclonal lymphoproliferative malignant diseases. At clinical presentation, PTLD may be localized or widely disseminated, and may commonly involve the transplanted allograft.
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Aug 12, 2008
Expires: Aug 11, 2009
Type: Audio
Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, Female Athlete Triad and eating disorders not otherwise specified, typically emerge in early adolescence with onset shortly after puberty. Recent estimates suggest that the prevalence of anorexia ranges between 0.5 – 1% among adolescent females and is approximately 0.02% in adolescent...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Aug 1, 2008
Expires: Aug 2, 2009
Type: PDF
CML – Growth, a CME-accredited educational program, systematically identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the most important recent studies into the science and medicine of growth. It provides rapid access for busy specialists to a critical and clinically relevant review of the developments that will have most impact on their day-to-day practice and...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 31, 2008
Expires: Jul 31, 2009
Type: Audio
The liver is a vital organ located in the upper right-hand side of the abdomen. Somewhat larger than the size of a football and weighing about 2-3 pounds, it performs numerous functions for the body: converting nutrients derived from food into essential blood components, storing vitamins and minerals, regulating blood clotting, producing proteins and enzymes, maintaining hormone...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 31, 2008
Expires: Jul 30, 2009
Type: Audio
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is an evolving procedure with ongoing research and technical advances. The annual meeting of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy was held in May in San Diego this year. Many advances have been presented and this Report back was supposed to summarize the most important changes in this...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
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Released: Jul 16, 2008
Expires: Jul 15, 2009
Type: Audio
Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder characterized most commonly by cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. IBS causes a great deal of discomfort and distress, but it does not permanently harm the intestines and does not lead to a serious disease, such as cancer. Most people can control their symptoms with diet, stress management, and prescribed...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 9, 2008
Expires: Jul 8, 2009
Type: Video
Advances in immunosuppressive drug therapy have contributed greatly to the success of solid organ transplantation. Unfortunately, improvements in short-term outcomes as a result of advances in immunosuppressive protocols have yet translated into greater long-term graft survival. Graft survival half-life, a measure of long-term outcome in kidney transplantation, has changed only...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.50
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.50
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 1, 2008
Expires: Jul 1, 2009
Type: PDF
CVD affects approximately 80 million Americans and is responsible for roughly one third of US mortality, with nearly 2400 CVD-associated deaths occurring each day—more than cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents, and diabetes mellitus combined 1. CVD is associated with an estimated total annual cost of $400 billion. Among the identified modifiable...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Jul 5, 2006
Expires: Jun 30, 2009
Type: Audio
Since most experts predict there will be bioterrorism attacks and they may in fact come sooner rather than later, the United States Health Care System must be prepared to care for patients who are both injured but to also care for citizens in the locality who have been exposed to various agents of bioterrorism. This program is designed to help individual clinicians to be better...
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 6, 2006
Expires: Jun 30, 2009
Type: Audio
Since most experts predict there will be bioterrorism attacks and they may in fact come sooner rather than later, the United States Health Care System must be prepared to care for patients who are both injured but to also care for citizens in the locality who have been exposed to various agents of bioterrorism. This program is designed to help individual clinicians to be better...
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 4, 2006
Expires: Jun 30, 2009
Type: Audio
Since most experts predict there will be bioterrorism attacks and they may in fact come sooner rather than later, the United States Health Care System must be prepared to care for patients who are both injured but to also care for citizens in the locality who have been exposed to various agents of bioterrorism. This program is designed to help individual clinicians to be better...
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 1, 2008
Expires: Jun 30, 2009
Type: PDF
The International Journal of Advances in Rheumatology, a CME/CPE/CNE-accredited educational program, systematically identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the most important recent studies into the science and medicine of rheumatoid diseases. It provides rapid access for busy specialists to a critical and clinically relevant review of the developments that...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 2.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 2.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 27, 2008
Expires: Jun 26, 2009
Type: Case Study
RA affects 2.1 million Americans resulting in more than 9 million physician visits and more than 250,000 hospitalizations per year. Disability from RA causes major economic loss and can have a profound impact on families. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of treatment early in the disease and evidence of treatment on outcomes. New classes of therapeutic agents and...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
- CNE Credits/Hours: 0.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 26, 2008
Expires: Jun 25, 2009
Type: PDF
RA affects 2.1 million Americans resulting in more than 9 million physician visits and more than 250,000 hospitalizations per year. Disability from RA causes major economic loss and can have a profound impact on families. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of treatment early in the disease and evidence of treatment on outcomes. New classes of therapeutic agents and...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 25, 2008
Expires: Jun 24, 2009
Type: PDF
RA affects 2.1 million Americans resulting in more than 9 million physician visits and more than 250,000 hospitalizations per year. Disability from RA causes major economic loss and can have a profound impact on families. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of treatment early in the disease and evidence of treatment on outcomes. New classes of therapeutic agents and...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 24, 2008
Expires: Jun 23, 2009
Type: PDF
RA affects 2.1 million Americans resulting in more than 9 million physician visits and more than 250,000 hospitalizations per year. Disability from RA causes major economic loss and can have a profound impact on families. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of treatment early in the disease and evidence of treatment on outcomes. New classes of therapeutic agents and...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 20, 2008
Expires: Jun 19, 2009
Type: PDF
Advances in Pain Management, a CME-accredited educational program, systematically identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the most important recent studies into the science and medicine of pain management. It provides rapid access for busy specialists (including pain specialists, anesthesiologists, neurologists, oncologists, general physicians, and primary...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 16, 2008
Expires: Jun 14, 2009
Type: Audio
Seasonal influenza is responsible for approximately 36,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. Avian (H5N1) influenza has caused fatalities in many countries as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommend amantadine or rimantadine for treatment or prophylaxis of seasonal or pandemic influenza due to resistance in circulating...
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 0.75
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 11, 2008
Expires: Jun 10, 2009
Type: PDF
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) currently afflicts 1.3 million American adults. A progressive disease of the joints with a recognized autoimmune component, RA causes eventual loss of joint structure and function. The disease is also associated with serious extraarticular and comorbid disease, evidenced by studies identifying a 10-15 year shorter lifespan for patients with RA. RA...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 4, 2008
Expires: Jun 4, 2009
Type: Audio
Traumatic injury remains the #1 killer of all persons ages 1-45. The development of specialized education such as the Advanced Trauma Life Support© course and regional trauma systems have dramatically improved fatality rates. However, certain difficulties in managing the traumatically injured remain. Paramount of those is management of the airway. ...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.25
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 4, 2008
Expires: Jun 4, 2009
Type: Audio
Over 75 million US adults have cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the United States. Of those individuals with CVD, approximately 17 million have coronary artery disease (CAD), leading to more than 500,000 deaths annually. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), CAD accounts for the largest portion of the annual CVD-related US healthcare burden...
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jun 2, 2008
Expires: Jun 2, 2009
Type: Audio
Over 75 million US adults have cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the United States. Of those individuals with CVD, approximately 17 million have coronary artery disease (CAD), leading to more than 500,000 deaths annually. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), CAD accounts for the largest portion of the annual CVD-related US healthcare burden...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: May 30, 2008
Expires: May 30, 2009
Type: Video
Emergency Department (ED) physicians commonly serve as the first healthcare provider contact for patients with a variety of community-acquired cutaneous and respiratory tract infections. As such, they must rapidly make a diagnosis, determine the severity of the process, and institute appropriate empiric therapy. In recent years, drug-resistant bacterial infections have become more...
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David A. Talan, MD, FACEP, FIDSA;
Peter M. DeBlieux, MD, FACEP;
Ellen M. Slaven, MD, FACEP, FAAEM;
Kenneth V. Leeper Jr., MD, FCCP
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: May 30, 2008
Expires: May 30, 2009
Type: Audio
There has been an increase in the awareness and diagnosis of gastrointestinal food allergies. They significantly decrease the quality of life...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: May 22, 2008
Expires: May 25, 2009
Type: PDF
Cytomegalovirus disease (CMV) adversely affects short and long term outcomes following transplantation of allogeneic kidneys, hearts, lungs and livers. Disease prevention strategies, including prophylactic treatment with gancyclovir and related antiviral agents, are routinely implemented in seronegative recipients of organs from seropositive donors (D+/R-). CMV...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: May 15, 2008
Expires: May 15, 2009
Type: Audio
Asthma is the leading serious chronic illness of children in the U.S. In 2005, an estimated 6.5 million children under age 18 (almost 1.4 million under age 5) currently had asthma, 3.8 million of which had an asthma attack, and many others have "hidden" or undiagnosed asthma.
In 2005, the highest current prevalence rate was seen in those 5-17 years of age...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.50
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: May 12, 2008
Expires: May 12, 2009
Type: Audio
Consequences of teen sexual practices amount to almost a million pregnancies, several million sexually transmitted infections and numerous psychological problems. This is directly related to adolescent problems as well as psychosocial and economic factors. Health care providers can make a difference by understanding teen sexuality and learning how to talk to...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Apr 30, 2008
Expires: Apr 30, 2009
Type: Audio
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) first appeared less than one year after the clinical introduction of methicillin. Despite this early appearance, MRSA did not become a significant and common clinical problem until the 1980s. Since that time, national rates of MRSA past 50%. In addition, a new therapeutic dilemma has emerged; that of community-associated...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Apr 30, 2008
Expires: Apr 30, 2009
Type: Audio
In the United States, sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary ICU patients, and the tenth most common cause of death overall according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sepsis is common and also more dangerous in elderly, immunocompromised, and critically ill patients. It occurs in 1%-2% of all hospitalizations and accounts for as much as 25%...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.75
- Cost: Free
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Released: Apr 9, 2008
Expires: Apr 9, 2009
Type: Audio
The prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the United States are near epidemic levels. Obesity definitions have been better defined by the use of Body Mass Index. The public is aware of this epidemic through a variety of magazines, diets books, and medical journals. Attempts at weight loss often occurs with diets from newspapers, books, and the internet. ...
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 4, 2008
Expires: Mar 24, 2009
Type: Audio
This course is designed to provide the participant with the information needed to perform the complex task of aseptic compounding of sterile products in a pharmacy setting. The major challenge is to ensure that the compounded product has a high level of sterility assurance and that the product administered to the patient is safe and...
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: $19.95
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Released: Mar 2, 2008
Expires: Mar 1, 2009
Type: PDF
Each issue of the International Journal of Advances in Rheumatology will present carefully constructed, leading (review) articles, written by practicing
rheumatologists and developed to equip readers with practical knowledge of the area under discussion. These articles are commissioned to support particular educational themes identified by the Editors-in-Chief,...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Mar 1, 2008
Expires: Mar 1, 2009
Type: Audio
Inadequate initial coverage of infections in ICU patients is associated with an increase in mortality. Prolonged time to initiation of antimicrobial therapy is also associated with increased mortality. Numerous factors exist which may hinder the most optimal care. Practitioners should be aware of the literature regarding this issue and engage in strategies to increase efficiency...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Feb 28, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Video
This presentation aims to address the central role of platelets in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and the use of both oral antiplatelet therapy and interventional therapy as cornerstones for the treatment of ACS. Topics to be discussed include the pharmacology of approved and investigational oral antiplatelet agents, clinical trial data detailing the use of...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Each year an estimated 15 million new STD infections occur in the United States, a | |
