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Overview
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex immunologic and chronic inflammatory disease that affects more than 2 million people in the United States. Characterized by inflammation of the joints, periarticular bone resorption and cartilage destruction, RA is also an inherently aggressive, systemic disease that leaves patients vulnerable to comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, lymphoma, infection, and stroke. While primary care clinicians may not directly treat the disease long term, they are the first to come in contact with potential RA patients. Therefore it is important for all clinicians to be aware of the necessary steps in RA diagnostic and treatment modalities.
Objectives
Identify 3 early warning signs of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Describe current and evolving treatment options for RA, and be alert to monitoring and side effects related to these therapies
Faculty
Kevin Latinis, MD, PhD
Associate Division Director
Assistant Professor
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Kansas City, KS
Overview
More than 20 million people in the United States are affected by diabetes, with 1.5 million new cases appearing each year. Of this population, nearly 65% will die from heart disease or stroke, a rate that is 4-times higher than in the non-diabetic population. Individualized and early glycemic control is critical in the prevention and management of diabetes and in reducing cardiovascular risk. This activity will expose attendees to the relationship between insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and the resulting cardiovascular risk in an effort to uncover effective treatment strategies and patient-based therapeutic options.
Objectives
Utilize appropriate glucose-lowering agents to reduce A1C to * 7.0%
Minimize adverse events and cardiovascular risk associated with glycemic therapy by employing appropriate glucose, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol agents
Faculty
Overview
Despite a high prevalence in the United States, insomnia remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Extensive research has identified several factors that contribute to the inadequate treatment of insomnia, including the failure of patients to report insomnia to clinicians and clinician misperceptions about the risks associated with hypnotic medications. This program will address effective strategies for diagnosing and treating patients with insomnia.
Objectives
Identify risk factors, determine appropriate screening tools, and accurately diagnose insomnia
Evaluate current and emerging nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic insomnia on the basis of efficacy and safety and apply this knowledge/skill with patients
Faculty
Overview
The current use of lipid lowering therapy in clinical practice has fallen short of the recommendations of national guidelines. Clearly, not an easy venture when treating patients with dyslipidemia, many with multiple risk factors and many with resulting coronary events that may be preventable if patients were treated aggressively to meet the NCEP-ATP lll goals. This presentation will address the clinical challenges of goal attainment (lack of compliance, aggressive treatment by clinicians, not leaving patients 15 points from goals), and provide clinicians with the pathways and knowledge to help attain their patients to goal.
Objectives
Describe at least two challenges in treating dyslipidemia to NCEP-ATP III goals, implement strategies that will help to assess CHD risk accurately, and get patients to targeted goals
Identify patients at increased risk for cardiovascular events and develop a treatment plan with at least 2 lipid lowering strategies, including the use of multiple therapies, which will help these patients achieve guideline-based targets taking into consideration current lifestyle and pharmacologic treatment options available thus reducing overall cardiovascular risk
Faculty
Emma Meagher, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology Executive Chair
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Ronald A. Codario, MD, FACP
Clinical Instructor in Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Overview
TBD
Objectives
Faculty