Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Determine the best time for surgery in patient admitted with hip fracture with the goal to minimize postoperative complications.
Differentiate between recommended calculators for assessing preoperative cardiac risk in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
Name a reason when aspirin should be held prior to an elective non-cardiac surgery in a patient with history of coronary artery disease.
Explain indications for ordering Clostridium difficile infection testing in hospitalized patients.

Suggested Additional Reading:

Auerbach S. Front Psychol. 2017 Nov 13;8:1973. PMID: 29180976.

Anderson DR et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Feb 22;378(8):699-707. PMID: 29466159

Parvizi J et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Jan 18;99(2):91-98. PMID: 28099298.

McDonald LC et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 19;66(7):987-994 PMID: 29562266.

Authors:

Kristian Feterik, MD, MBA — Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Rebecca Vento, MD, MPH — Clinical Instructor of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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