 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
- Cost: $9.95
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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
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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: 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.C. DeBlieux, Moderator, MD, FACEP;
Ellen M. Slaven, MD, FACEP, FAAEM;
Kenneth V. Leeper Jr., MD, FCCP
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- 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
- 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, and nearly 4 million teenagers are infected with an STD. The direct and indirect costs of the major STDs and their complications, including sexually transmitted HIV infection, are conservatively estimated at $17 billion annually. Genital dermatology...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- 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, and nearly 4 million teenagers are infected with an STD. The direct and indirect costs of the major STDs and their complications, including sexually transmitted HIV infection, are conservatively estimated at $17 billion annually. The estimated annual...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections,...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections,...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections,...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remain one of the leading causes of death in the United States (US). As of December 2004, an estimated 944,306 persons have received a diagnosis of AIDS and of these, 529,113 have died. Since 1994, the annual number of HIV cases among blacks and other racial/ethnic minority...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 29, 2008
Expires: Feb 28, 2009
Type: Audio
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections,...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Feb 28, 2008
Expires: Feb 27, 2009
Type: Audio
According to data from the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System in 2003, the Gram-negative pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the second most common pathogen causing nosocomial pneumonia in the intensive care unit (ICU), responsible for 18.1% of these infections. Acinetobacter spp also caused hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and accounted for...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Feb 27, 2008
Expires: Feb 27, 2009
Type: PDF
Antibiotics: Practice Pearls for the Emergency Department Physician has been developed to provide an overview of the general principles of antibiotic therapy and includes a review the currentclasses of antibiotics available to the emergency department (ED)physician and outlines their place in the clinical armamentarium. Aspects such as indications, dosing schedules, and...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Dec 1, 2007
Expires: Nov 30, 2008
Type: PDF
Advances in Sepsis, a CME-accredited educational program, systematically identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the most important recent studies into the science and medicine of severe sepsis and septic shock. It provides rapid access for busy specialists to a critical and clinically relevant review of the developments that will have most impact on...
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Benoit Vallet, MD, PhD;
Herve Tytgat, MD;
Gilles LeBuffe, MD;
Giorgio Berlot, MD;
Barbara Bacer, MD;
Marco Piva, MD;
Umberto Lucangelo, MD;
Marino Viviani, MD;
Catherine S. Bouman, MD, PhD
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- CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Oct 11, 2007
Expires: Oct 11, 2008
Type: Video
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- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.00
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 28, 2007
Expires: Sep 28, 2008
Type: Audio
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.20
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 28, 2007
Expires: Sep 28, 2008
Type: Case Study
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 28, 2007
Expires: Sep 28, 2008
Type: PDF
According to 2003 data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV/AIDS, with more than 25% of those individuals thought to be undiagnosed and unaware of their illness. Furthermore, the annual cost of newly diagnosed HIV cases, according to 2002 data, is an estimated $36.4 billion. There is no cure for HIV. Goals of...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
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Released: Sep 21, 2007
Expires: Sep 21, 2008
Type: Audio
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.20
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 21, 2007
Expires: Sep 21, 2008
Type: Case Study
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 14, 2007
Expires: Sep 14, 2008
Type: Audio
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.20
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 14, 2007
Expires: Sep 14, 2008
Type: Case Study
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 3, 2007
Expires: Sep 3, 2008
Type: Audio
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.00
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.20
- Cost: Free
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Released: Sep 3, 2007
Expires: Sep 3, 2008
Type: Case Study
Drug resistant organisms have increased across the globe and represent a major threat to the health of hospitalized patients. Overuse and improper use of certain antibiotic drug classes as well as failure to take infection control measures in hospitals has led to a major nosocomial infection problem in the United States. Antimicrobials account for upwards of 30% of hospital...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 0.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Aug 1, 2007
Expires: Aug 31, 2008
Type: PDF
Rising rates of nosocomially acquired multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram negative pathogens have drastically narrowed the spectrum of available therapeutic options. Resistance to antimicrobials is a mounting health concern, both in the United States and worldwide. Infections caused by resistant Gram-negative pathogens, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosaand Acinetobacter baumannii, result in...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 1, 2007
Expires: Jul 31, 2008
Type: PDF
As confirmed by numerous reports and surveillance studies, multidrugresistant (MDR) Gram-negative pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii are increasing worldwide and pose a considerable public health threat, particularly among hospitalized patients. Data from the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS)System indicate that Gram-negative...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.50
- Cost: Free
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Released: Jul 26, 2007
Expires: Jul 26, 2008
Type: Video
Significant toxicity associated with lifelong maintenance on immunosuppressive therapy continues to fuel the investigation of tolerance-inducing strategies in solid organ transplantation. One approach to achieve tolerance is focused on regulatory T cells. Regulatory T cells (T reg) are a population of antigen-specific T lymphocytes that have been shown...
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- CME Credits/Hours: 1.50
- CPE Credits/Hours: 1.50
- CNE Credits/Hours: 1.50
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