Treatment of the High-Risk Patient: What are the Options?

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Treatment of the High-Risk Patient: What Are the Options?

Release Date: April 28, 2008	Expiration Date: April 28, 2010

Technical Requirements
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Estimated Time of Completion

30 minutes

Description

The Cleveland Clinic has developed this webcast series entitled Management Strategies for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: From Emergency Department to Discharge which focuses on treating patients admitted to the Emergency Department with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). This series covers four topics: Diagnosis: what is the state of the art, risk stratification, treatment of the high-risk patient and disposition: where should the patient go after diagnosis.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

Describe indications for IV inotropic agents and IV vasodilators.
Summarize “tailored” heart failure treatment.
Define cardio-renal syndrome.

Target Audience

Emergency physicians, cardiologists, and other interested healthcare professionals.

Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity may be submitted for American Osteopathic Association Continuing Medical Education credit in Category 2.

Activity Director

W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEP
Vice Chair, Emergency Medicine Institute
The Cleveland Clinic

Faculty

Robert E. Hobbs, MD

Faculty Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship, which in the context of their presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Robert E. Hobbs, MD
	Teaching and Speaking	Scios

W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEP
	Teaching and Speaking, Membership on Advisory Committee, Research	Abbott; Biosite
	Membership on Advisory Committee	Beckman-Coulter
	Research	Brahms; CHF Solutions; Heartscape; The Medicines Co.
	Research, Membership on Advisory Committee	Inovise Medical, Inc.; Inverness
	Teaching and Speaking, Membership on Advisory Committee	Ortho Clinical Diagnosis
	Teaching and Speaking	PDL
	Teaching and Speaking, Research	Scios
	Ownership Interest, Membership on Advisory Committee	Vital Sensors

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges an educational grant for support of this activity from:

Scios, Inc.

This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education and UNITECH Communications^®.

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