Expiration Date: July 1, 2019
Title: Emergency Medicine – Challenges in Endocrinology: Endocrine Emergencies, Parts I and II; Hypertension
Faculty: Michael A. Gibbs, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. and Joel Kravitz, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.R.C.P.S.C.
Original Release Date: July 1, 2016 Review Date: July 1, 2017 Expiration Date: July 1, 2019
TOPIC 1: Endocrine Emergencies, Part I.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
- Create, using latest evidence, a comprehensive treatment plan for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
- Compare and contrast DKA and hyperosmolar non-ketotic states (HHNK).
- Integrate the understanding of glucose handling to create a treatment plan for hypoglycemia and alcoholic ketoacidosis.
TOPIC 2: Hypertension – Just the Facts!
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
- Determine the emergency department “essentials” for the assessment of the patient with hypertension.
- Develop a rational framework for the ED treatment of acute hypertension based on specific clinical scenarios.
- Integrate essentials of the current JNC guidelines.
TOPIC 3: Endocrine Emergencies, Part II.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
- Construct a treatment algorithm for the management of thyroid storm and thyrotoxicosis.
- Detect adrenal insufficiency and formulate a treatment plan.
- Assess the clinical presentation of myxedema coma and develop a treatment plan.
- Detect and develop a plan to test for less common endocrine and paraneoplasticsyndromes, including pheochromocytoma and parathyroid disease, and formulate treatment plans.
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