Critical Care

The Key to Their Hearts: The Indispensable Role of the Primary Care Clinician in the Management of Patients Post-MI (0 User Ratings) An estimated 610,000 new cases of MI and 325,000 recurrent MIs and 195,000 silent MIs will occur this year in the US; this translates to 1 ME every 34 seconds.  The mortality... Faculty Paul A. Gurbel, MD Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FICA, FNLA, FAHA, FCCP, FACC

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The Key to Their Hearts: The Indispensable Role of the Primary Care-Giver in the Management of Patients Post-MI (0 User Ratings) A recent report from the American Heart Association (AHA) indicates that an estimated 17.6 million individuals 20 years or older suffer from coronary artery disease (CAD) leading to an estimated 1.3 million PCI... Faculty Paul A. Gurbel, MD Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FICA, FNLA, FAHA, FCCP, FACC

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The Key to Their Hearts: The Indispensable Role of the Primary Care Clinician in the Management of Patients Post-MI (1 User Rating) Recent heart disease and stroke statistics indicates that an alarming 23% of patients do not fill their cardiac medications within 7 days post discharge and 18% of patients do not fill the prescriptions even... Faculty Paul A. Gurbel, MD Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FICA, FNLA, FAHA, FCCP, FACC

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Community Integration and Quality of Life Following Spinal Cord Injury (0 User Ratings) Community re-integration after hospitalization has emerged as an important goal of rehabilitation, given the current emphasis on cost containment of inpatient care and the need to decrease the length of stay in... Faculty Gale G. Whiteneck, PhD, FACRM

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Importance of Exercise and Nutrition Following SCI (0 User Ratings) Exercise and nutrition play a key role in helping persons with spinal cord injury reduce the incidence of secondary complications and to improve activity level, which can impact the person’s overall QoL and... Faculty David R. Gater Jr, MD, PhD

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Prevention and Treatment of Secondary Complications after SCI (0 User Ratings) Despite improvements in SCI medical management, rehospitalization rates remain high. It has been estimated that 32% of medical costs in the first 2 years after injury was directly attributed to secondary medical... Faculty Sara Salles, DO

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Developing a Peer-mentor Support System (0 User Ratings) Isolation is one of the most significant barriers to community integration and QoL for individuals with neurological disorders living in rural communities.  Peer-mentoring allows individuals with similar... Faculty Inger Ljungberg, BS

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The Key to Their Hearts: The Indispensable Role of the Primary Care-Giver in the Management of Patients Post-MI (1 User Rating) Following a coronary event, nearly 25% of patients will die within 1 year and about the same number will have another episode within 6 years. The high morbidity and mortality rates associated with acute coronary... Faculty Paul A. Gurbel, MD Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FICA, FNLA, FAHA, FCCP, FACC

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Evaluation and Management of Simple & Complex Febrile Seizures (14 User Ratings) Febrile seizures are the most common type of seizure in children. Although febrile seizures are now thought to be a relatively benign syndrome, children who have experienced them are more likely than other... Faculty Shlomo Shinnar, MD, PhD

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Current Issues in Organ Preservation: Clinical Case Studies and Expert Commentary (1 User Rating) As the need for organ transplantation increases and the waiting list continues to grow, successful utilization and transplantation of as many available donor organs as possible has become paramount. While... Faculty David E. Sutherland, MD, PhD A. Osama Gaber, MD Charles Miller, MD John Fung, MD, PhD Ron Shapiro, MD Deanna Blisard, MD

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Pandemic Influenza 2009-2010 (4 User Ratings) 2009 H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. This virus is... Faculty Christopher T. Nelson, MD

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