Medscape Transplantation Education (CME and Other Learning Activities)

Costimulation Blocker Therapy for Transplantation: Translating Research Into Practice CME/CE A new, first-in-class costimulation blocking agent may change the standard of care for immunosuppression in kidney transplantation.
Medscape Education Transplantation , December 21, 2011
Posttransplant Viral Infections: Understanding and Managing the Risk CME/CE Dr. Michael Green highlights key data on prevention of viral infections in pediatric transplant recipients, as presented at the 6th Congress of IPTA.
Medscape Education Transplantation , November 10, 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
Costimulatory Blockade in Transplantation: A Primer on Mechanisms of Action CME/CE Conventional immunosuppressants target alloreactive and nonalloreactive T cells, resulting in global immunosuppression; the new biologic blocks signal 2, leaving the rest of the immune system intact.
Medscape Education Oncology, September 28, 2011
Evolving Treatment Paradigms: First Response From ESOT 2011 CME With a robust clinical trial pipeline producing new evidence of improvements to current strategies and emerging novel strategies, the state of the art of solid organ transplantation is changing.
Medscape Education Transplantation , September 13, 2011
Costimulation Blockade in Kidney Transplantation: Lessons Learned From Clinical Trials CME/CE The first biologic agent, a costimulation blocker, is approved for use in kidney transplantation. Clinicians must translate lessons learned in clinical trials into good practice decisions.
Medscape Education Transplantation , July 29, 2011

Clinical Briefs

Guidelines Recommend Blood Glucose Testing in All Hospitalized Patients CME A new clinical practice guideline from The Endocrine Society calls for blood glucose testing for all patients on admission to the hospital, mainly those who do not require intensive care.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 12, 2012
Complete Anemia Correction Linked With Better Transplant Outcomes CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 4, 2012
CMS Programs Promoting Healthcare System Change Begin to Show Results CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, December 21, 2011
Repeated Use of Acetaminophen Can Be Fatal CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, December 1, 2011
Efficacy of Oral Analgesics for Adult Postoperative Pain: Review CME/CE
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, September 22, 2011

Patient Cases

Planning Ahead for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma CME Listen to the Satellite Symposium, where faculty discuss when to incorporate transplantation into the treatment paradigm for lymphoma.
Medscape Education Oncology, December 29, 2011
Community CME: What Is Your Patient Taking? CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, October 5, 2011
Management of Patients With High-Risk MDS CME
Medscape Education Oncology, August 30, 2011
Frontline Treatment of Transplant-Eligible Patients With Multiple Myeloma CME
Medscape Education Oncology, August 29, 2011

Knowledge & Practice

Costimulation Blocker Therapy for Transplantation: Translating Research Into Practice CME/CE A new, first-in-class costimulation blocking agent may change the standard of care for immunosuppression in kidney transplantation.
Medscape Education Transplantation , December 21, 2011
Prevention of Surgical Fires CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, December 15, 2011
Posttransplant Viral Infections: Understanding and Managing the Risk CME/CE
Medscape Education Transplantation , November 10, 2011
Antibody-Mediated Rejection: A New Paradigm CME/CE
Medscape Education Transplantation , November 8, 2011
Making Medicare Preventive Services Part of Your Practice CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, November 8, 2011

Journal Articles

Managing Patients With Hepatitis B-related or Hepatitis C-related Decompensated Cirrhosis CME What are the best practices for managing patients with decompensated hepatitis C-related and hepatitis B-related liver disease? The current review provides insights for clinicians.
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, May 4, 2011
Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease: Clinical Management and Treatments CME
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, April 21, 2011

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Scientific Director

Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD

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Special Collections

Advances in the Management of Complement Disorders