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Importance of Exercise and Nutrition Following SCI

1.00CME
Exercise and nutrition play a key role in helping persons with spinal cord injury reduce the incidence of secondary complications and to improve activity level, which can impact the person’s overall QoL and community integration.  Read More

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David R. Gater Jr, MD, PhD Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
David R Gater Jr, MD, PhD

Current Issues in Organ Preservation: Clinical Case Studies and Expert Commentary

1.00CME
As the need for organ transplantation increases and the waiting list continues to grow, successful utilization and transplantation of as many available donor organs as possible has become paramount. While short-term outcomes have continued to improve and the incidence of acute rejection episodes has decreased, there has been only modest improvement in longer term outcomes, due to a variety of factors. Clearly, the greater use of extended criteria donors (ECD) and donation after cardiac death...  Read More

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Prevention and Treatment of Secondary Complications after SCI

1.00CME
Despite improvements in SCI medical management, rehospitalization rates remain high. It has been estimated that 32% of medical costs in the first 2 years after injury was directly attributed to secondary medical complications and patients with SCI still present a high prevalence of secondary complications many years after their rehabilitation.  Read More

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Sara Salles, DO Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
College of Medicine
University of...
Sara Salles, DO

Evaluation and Management of Simple & Complex Febrile Seizures

1.00CME
Febrile seizures are the most common type of seizure in children. Although febrile seizures are now thought to be a relatively benign syndrome, children who have experienced them are more likely than other children to later develop unprovoked seizures and epilepsy. Even though the risk of unprovoked seizures after febrile seizures is on the order of a few percent, it is several times higher than what is seen in the general population. Furthermore, a history of febrile seizures is present in...  Read More

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Shlomo Shinnar, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology & Population Health
Hyman Climenko...
Shlomo Shinnar, MD, PhD

The Key to Their Hearts: The Indispensable Role of the Primary Care Clinician in the Management of Patients Post-MI

0.25CME
Recent heart disease and stroke statistics indicates that an alarming 23% of patients do not fill their cardiac medications within 7 days post discharge and 18% of patients do not fill the prescriptions even after 120 days. A majority of patients were found to have stopped taking β-blockers between 30 and 90 days with only 45% of the patients taking them at 1 year. Disturbingly, 12% of patients discharged with aspirin, β-blockers, and a statin were found to have discontinued all 3...  Read More

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  • Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses · Edmonton, AB, Canada Dynamics 2010
    Oct10
  • American Thoracic Society · Denver, CO 2011 Annual Meeting
    May13
  • Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses · London, ON, Canada Dynamics 2011
    Oct16