Bladder Cancer in the Elderly: Balancing Disease and Surgical Risk
Dec 06, 2013
Of all the newly diagnosed bladder cancer patients, 25%-30% of them will have muscle-invasive disease that ideally will require major surgery in the form of a radical cystectomy, bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy...
A Call to Action: Optimal Diagnosis and Treatment of IBD in the Older Adult
Nov 29, 2012
As members of the Baby Boomer generation enter their 60s, it is reasonable to anticipate that clinicians will face an increase in the number of older patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Older...
Day to Day Management of Heart Failure Patients by the Primary Care Physician – EXPIRED
Dec 17, 2012
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, primarily due to the effects of heart disease and stroke. The goal of this activity is to educate primary care clinicians...
Lupus and the autoimmune process: The view from 2012 – EXPIRED
Oct 05, 2012
Identify lifestyle changes that a person who has high titers of antinuclear antibodies but no lupus-specific symptoms should make.
An Update on Parkinson’s Disease: Improving Patient Outcomes – EXPIRED
Oct 30, 2013
Neurologists are faced with many challenges in caring for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). This chronic, long-term illness that affects at least one million people in the United States requires...
Managing diabetic ketoacidosis in adults – EXPIRED
Dec 22, 2011
This program focuses on managing diabetic ketoacidosis in adults. Objectives are being able to describe what happens when glucagon is released in the liver, identify the most common stressor in patients...
House Call 2: Managing OIC in a 76-Year-Old Woman—Gastroenterology and Pain Management Perspectives
Sep 16, 2016
Recognize how opioid analgesia affects the gastrointestinal tract and creates risk for opioid-induced constipation (OIC)