Medscape General Surgery Education (CME and Other Learning Activities)

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
Antibody-Mediated Rejection: A New Paradigm CME/CE If you saw inflammation, it was rejection, but if you did not it was CNI nephrotoxicity; new data are challenging this conventional wisdom.
Medscape Education Transplantation , November 8, 2011
Treating Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma: Ipilimumab CME/CE FDA approval of ipilimumab represents a new treatment paradigm for patients with metastatic melanoma.
Medscape Education Oncology, March 31, 2011

Clinical Briefs

Early Warning Score Predicts Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients CME An expanded early warning score based on vital signs, level of consciousness, urine production, and concern of the nursing staff predicted major adverse events for hospitalized patients.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 19, 2012
Bariatric Surgery Should Be a Means to Achieve Glycemic Control CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 17, 2012
Guidelines Recommend Blood Glucose Testing in All Hospitalized Patients CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 12, 2012
Ovarian Cancer Findings Support Antitumor Effects of Oral Antidiabetic CME
Reuters Health Information CME, January 6, 2012
Growth Factor Neutralizing Agent Improves PFS in Ovarian Cancer CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 5, 2012

Severe, Radiating Abdominal Pain and Near Syncope in an Elderly Man CME An 85-year-old man is brought to the ED with severe, radiating abdominal pain that began 2 hours ago. The patient has nausea and felt light-headed at the onset of the pain. What is the diagnosis?
Medscape CME Case Presentations, December 9, 2011
A 35-Year-Old Man With Acute-Onset Penile Pain and Swelling CME
Medscape CME Case Presentations, November 4, 2011
Community CME: What Is Your Patient Taking? CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, October 5, 2011
A Teenage Athlete With a Painful Knee CME
Medscape CME Case Presentations, September 9, 2011
Managing Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in the Adjuvant and Metastatic Settings CME/CE
Medscape Education Oncology, August 22, 2011

Personalized PCI: Patient-Centered Care in Practice CME How to put evidence-based care into practice? Drs Skelding and Spertus compare 2 complementary systems used in their respective facilities.
Medscape Education Cardiology, February 3, 2012
Focus on Breast Cancer: Clinical Research Highlights, 2011 CME
Medscape Education Oncology, January 27, 2012
Not Your Mother's Cath Lab: Adapting to Changes in Cardiac Care CME
Medscape Education Cardiology, January 26, 2012
Using Contrast in Pediatric MRI
Medscape Education Radiology, January 24, 2012
Costimulation Blocker Therapy for Transplantation: Translating Research Into Practice CME/CE
Medscape Education Transplantation , December 21, 2011

Challenges in the Management of Older Patients With Colon Cancer CME Should physicians routinely employ surgery and chemotherapy in the management of colon cancer among older adults? The current review provides answers.
JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, February 6, 2012
Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors of Unknown Origin CME
JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, December 9, 2011
Genitourinary Tuberculosis: Etiology and Management CME
Nature Reviews Urology, December 9, 2011
Treatment of Warfarin-Associated Coagulopathy With Vitamin K CME
Expert Review of Hematology, November 11, 2011
Improving Protection Against Proximal Colon Cancer by Colonoscopy CME
Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, October 24, 2011