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An Interprofessional Team Approach to Deliver Optimal mCRC Patient Care that Addresses Disparities and Patient Education

An Interprofessional Team Approach to Deliver Optimal mCRC Patient Care that Addresses Disparities and Patient Education

In this module, Jamie Faber, PA-C and Tracy Trevino, BSN, RN, along with Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, course chair, will highlight the role of the interprofessional team in administering optimal patient education and promoting compliance. Practical recommendations for addressing disparities in patient care will also be provided. Further, the expert faculty will discuss side effect management and best practices for ...
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Diagnosis and Management of Acquired Methemoglobinemia

Diagnosis and Management of Acquired Methemoglobinemia

The diagnosis of acquired methemoglobinemia requires a high index of clinical suspicion, confirmation with objective testing, and prompt specific treatment in addition to support.  There are important clues to the diagnosis, especially a “saturation gap” between an arterial blood gas and pulse oximetry data, and careful history of drug use or potential toxin exposure.  Because acquired methemoglobinemia is rare, clinicians ...
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Clinical Updates and Strategies for the Long-Term Management of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Clinical Updates and Strategies for the Long-Term Management of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

This six-episode podcast interview series, chaired by Dr. Fred Lublin, highlights recent advances in the treatment and management of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), including clinical considerations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In this series, the expert faculty will analyze recent clinical trial data, including that presented at Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS MS Virtual 2020. Advances in diagnostic tools, biomarkers and imaging in ...
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Scientific Updates to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Strategies to Care for Alzheimer’s Patients During COVID-19

Scientific Updates to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Strategies to Care for Alzheimer’s Patients During COVID-19

This six-episode podcast interview series is chaired by Dr. Richard Isaacson and includes information from the AAIC 2020 Virtual Conference. Dr. Isaacson interviews five expert faculty on the six agenda topics that will include how to best manage Alzheimer’s patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic and transitioning to telemedicine. The discussions will also cover clinical trial data, early diagnosis, imaging, and ...
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Difficult-to-Treat Migraine: Recent Developments and Management

Difficult-to-Treat Migraine: Recent Developments and Management

This CME program is enduring material from a symposium given by Dr. Teshamae Monteith at the Florida Society of Neurology 2020 Virtual Meeting hosted on October 3, 2020 regarding difficult-to-treat migraine. Dr. Monteith covers the diagnosis of migraine and the impact this can have on the patient as well as social determinants and risk factors for migraine. Recent clinical trials ...
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Advances in the Management of Acute and Chronic Hyperkalemia

Advances in the Management of Acute and Chronic Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia and its important cardiometabolic comorbidities are increasingly common, while the most frequently used acute therapy to lower potassium levels for over five decades is now recognized as being associated with serious adverse effects. Over the last four years, clinical trial data has identified newer and safer therapeutic options. The goals of better potassium management include facilitation of guidelines-recommended therapy ...
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Clinical Updates for the Optimal Management of Patients with Prostate Cancer

Clinical Updates for the Optimal Management of Patients with Prostate Cancer

This CE activity is designed to educate healthcare providers involved in the prevention and management of prostate cancer by presenting the most recent information applicable to clinical practice, with the ultimate goal of improving patient care. Dr. Matthew Smith focuses on recent clinical trials in castration-resistant prostate cancer and the efficacy and safety data outcomes as well as the role ...
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Optimizing the Hospital Pharmacist’s Role in the Management of Patients with Acute Severe Hypertension

Optimizing the Hospital Pharmacist’s Role in the Management of Patients with Acute Severe Hypertension

This CE program will highlight the hospital pharmacist’s role in the management of patients with acute severe hypertension. The expert faculty, led by Paul Szumita, PharmD, will discuss the physiological mechanisms involved in the development of hypertension, global occurrence, and burden of disease for affected individuals. The faculty will review the latest evidence-based data on approaches and techniques for identification ...
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Colorectal Cancer Update: Prevalence, Screening, Biomarker and Genomic Testing, and Therapeutic Targets

Colorectal Cancer Update: Prevalence, Screening, Biomarker and Genomic Testing, and Therapeutic Targets

In this module, Jonathan Loree, MD, MS, along with Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, course chair, will first provide a brief overview of the history and prevalence of colorectal cancer, as well as best practices for screening. Following, the expert faculty will review the role of clinically relevant biomarkers in metastatic colorectal cancer. Strategies for detecting and managing various prevalent mutations ...
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Clinical Trial Analysis of Targeted Therapeutic Options for BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Including Combination Therapies

Clinical Trial Analysis of Targeted Therapeutic Options for BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Including Combination Therapies

In this module, Van Karlyle Morris, MD, along with Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, course chair, will highlight current strategies for targeting MAPK signaling in colorectal cancer (CRC). Recent clinical trial data for BRAF-mutated CRC, particularly various survival outcomes data, will be reviewed and clinical relevance debated throughout the interview. The emerging role of immunotherapy will also be evaluated. Upon completion ...
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