The Brigham Board Review in Critical Care Medicine 2017

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Board Review

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Prep for Boards and Stay Current Across Subspecialties

The Brigham Board Review in Critical Care Medicine will fully prepare you for the ABIM Subspecialty Board Examination in Critical Care. It will help you to integrate ABIM guidelines for care with presentations covering all the major subspecialty areas of critical care medicine. It will help you to better:

• Integrate current guidelines into daily practice when dealing with respiratory failure, cardiovascular emergencies, neurological crises, renal failure, shock, trauma, and other areas of critical care
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to critical care disorders
• Interpret data from hemodynamic monitoring devices
• Identify and manage infectious diseases commonly found in the critically ill
• Pass ABIM board examinations and incorporate current knowledge into daily practice

Expand Your Skills

A comprehensive board review, this learn-at-your-own-pace course in critical care medicine provides 30.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and 30.5 MOC points. Available online or via audio MP3 CD, it provides access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 30.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn 30.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Date of Original Release: May 31, 2017
Date Credits Expire: May 31, 2020
AMA Category 1 Credits ™ and Contact Hours: 30.5

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

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

• Apply current/recommended critical care guidelines in clinical practice
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to critical care disorders
• Identify and apply current therapeutic options for specific critical care disorders
• Analyze and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice in critical care medicine
• Recognize and apply knowledge of pathophysiology as it applies to management of critical care disorders
• Apply knowledge gained to the ABIM certification/recertification critical care examinations

Intended Audience

The primary group of learners will be fellows/trainees and practicing critical care specialists (MDs) and other professional affiliates (internists with an interest in critical care) who are preparing to take ABIM Board Review or Recertification Examinations or who seek CME activities to improve patient care in the area of critical care medicine. Currently, the target audience is regional, national, and international.

Topics/Speaker:

Shock

• Septic Shock – Principles and Practices of Resuscitation – Rebecca M. Baron, MD

• Sepsis: New Definitions and Guidelines – Chanu Rhee, MD

• Hemodynamic Monitoring – Aaron Waxman, MD, PhD

• Hemorrhagic Shock – Edward Kelly, MD

• Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Cardiogenic Shock – Akshay Desai, MD, MPH

Respiratory Failure

• ARDS – New Definition and Treatment – Taylor Thompson, MD

• ARDS – Mechanical Ventilation – Taylor Thompson, MD

• Management of Severe Obstructive Lung Disease – Bartolome R. Celli, MD

• Invasive and non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: Basic Principles and Goals – Paul F. Nuccio, MS, RRT, FAARC

• Mechanical Ventilation: Liberation and ABCDEF Bundle – Anthony F. Massaro, MD

Cardiac Issues in the ICU

• Acute Coronary Syndromes – Benjamin M. Scirica, MD, MPH, FACC

• Arrhythmias – Melanie Maytin, MD

• Indications and Management of Implantable Electronic Cardiac Devices in ICU Patients – Melanie Maytin, MD

• Post-Cardiac Arrest Care – Benjamin M. Scirica, MD, MPH, FACC

• Pulmonary Embolism in the ICU – Samuel Goldhaber, MD

GI Issues in the ICU

• Pancreatitis – Julia McNabb-Baltar, MD

• GI Bleed – Linda Lee, MD

• Acute Liver Failure – Anna Rutherford, MD, MPH

Neuro Issues in the ICU

• Advances in Stroke – Galen V. Henderson, MD

• Intracranial Hypertension – Galen V. Henderson, MD

• Seizures and Status Epilepticus – Galen V. Henderson, MD

• Approach to the Comatose Patient – Galen V. Henderson, MD

Hematologic Issues in the ICU

• Transfusion Practices in the ICU – James Rawn, MD

• Coagulopathies and Thrombocytopenia – Jean M. Connors, MD

Renal Issues in the ICU

• Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy – Kenneth B. Christopher, MD

• Acid-base Disorders; ABG’s – Kenneth B. Christopher, MD

Infectious Disease Issues in the ICU

• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Therapy, Prevention – Michael Klompas, MD

• Infection, FUO, and Antibiotic Use in the ICU – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Endocrine Issues in the ICU

• Hyperglycemia and Glycemic Control in the ICU – Margo S. Hudson, MD

• Endocrine Crises in the ICU – Margo S. Hudson, MD

General Care Issues in the ICU

• Fundamentals of Clinical Nutrition: Essentials for the Critical Care Specialist – Malcolm K. Robinson, MD

• Prophylaxis in the ICU – Kathleen Haley, MD

Surgical Critical Care Issues in the ICU

• Treatment of the Patient with Burns and Inhalational Injuries – Simon G. Talbot, MD

• Abdominal Catastrophes and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome – Edward Kelly, MD

• Obstetrical Critical Care – Katherine E. Economy, MD

Miscellaneous ICU Issues

• Ethical Dilemmas in the ICU – Kathleen Haley, MD

• Critical Care Pharmacology – James F. Gilmore, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS

• Toxic Ingestions – J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• Sedation and Delirium in the ICU – Gerald L. Weinhouse, MD

• ICU Issues for the Transplant Patient – Hilary Goldberg, MD

• Mechanical Support Devices in ICU – Philip C. Camp, MD

• Ultrasound in the ICU: What Every Intensivist Should Know – Raghu R. Seethala, MD

• Post Intensive Care Syndrome – Daniela Lamas, MD