Medscape Critical Care Education (CME and Other Learning Activities)

Back Pain and New-Onset Weakness in a 61-Year-Old Woman CME A 61-year-old woman presents with back pain, left-sided weakness, and an unsteady gait following treatment for a UTI. Laboratory exams reveal several significant findings. What is the diagnosis?
Medscape CME Case Presentations, December 19, 2011
Prevention of Surgical Fires CME Surgical fires can have a devastating impact on patients, but they may be preventable by understanding their causes and implementing risk-reduction strategies.
Medscape Education Family Medicine, December 15, 2011
Management of PAH: When and How to Use IV Agents CME/CE Dr. Tapson provides insights on the appropriate use of prostacyclin therapy, particularly the IV agents, for PAH in this expert commentary.
Medscape Education Cardiology, August 30, 2011

Clinical Briefs

Possible Dosing Errors Linked With an IV Pain Reliever for Children CME/CE The study cautions healthcare providers about the risk and consequences of dosing errors when prescribing a common children's pain reliever intravenously and ways to reduce the risk.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 25, 2012
Guidelines Recommend Blood Glucose Testing in All Hospitalized Patients CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 12, 2012
One Quarter of ICU Providers Perceive Inappropriate Care CME/CE
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 4, 2012
Two-Part Review Discusses Transfusion Guidelines in Children CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 4, 2012
Postthrombotic Syndrome Reduced With Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis CME
Heartwire CME, January 3, 2012

Back Pain and New-Onset Weakness in a 61-Year-Old Woman CME A 61-year-old woman presents with back pain, left-sided weakness, and an unsteady gait following treatment for a UTI. Laboratory exams reveal several significant findings. What is the diagnosis?
Medscape CME Case Presentations, December 19, 2011
Community CME: What Is Your Patient Taking? CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, October 5, 2011
Treating Patients, Not Lab Values: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Hyponatremic Patients CME
Medscape Education Nephrology, June 29, 2011
A Challenging Case of Osteoarticular Infection: Implications for Treatment and Management CME/CE
Medscape Education Infectious Diseases, May 31, 2011
It Must Be Cardiac! CME
Medscape CME Case Presentations, April 6, 2011

Lessons From 2009 H1N1: Implications for Seasonal Influenza Management CME Review key issues related to influenza and patient care, including diagnostic tests, antiviral agents, vaccines and vaccine development, as well as future directions for vaccination and treatment
December 20, 2011
Prevention of Surgical Fires CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, December 15, 2011
The Next Generation of Cephalosporins: New Additions in the Arsenal Against cSSSIs CME/CE
December 12, 2011
Making Medicare Preventive Services Part of Your Practice CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, November 8, 2011
Rotavirus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly CME
Medscape Education Infectious Diseases, September 23, 2011

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Denver, Colorado, USA CME Does the presence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 change the characteristics of invasive pneumococcal disease? The current study analyzes this issue.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 25, 2012
Spreading Depolarization, a Pathophysiologic Mechanism of Stroke and Migraine Aura CME
Future Neurology, December 12, 2011
The Current Understanding of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis CME
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, October 21, 2011
Deaths Associated With Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Among Children, Japan, 2009-2010 CME
Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 21, 2011
Invasive Non-Aspergillus Mold Infections in Transplant Recipients, United States, 2001-2006 CME
Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 23, 2011