Understand Resistant Hypertension with On-line Education

Understand Resistant Hypertension with On-line Education. On this MedNet21 CME Webcast, we’re going to hear more about resistant hypertension: what some of the causes are, what the pharmacologic approach is, and how a new endovascular procedure might hold the promise of improved blood pressure control for these patients in the future.  Let me welcome today’s guests in the studio with Dr. Jim Allen.  First, we have from the Division of Nephrology, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Dr. Christopher Valentine. Joining him from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and the Medical Director of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at the Wexner Medical Center, Dr. Ernest Mazzaferri.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: REVIEW secondary causes of hypertension; Discuss therapy of resistant hypertension; and RECOGNIZE the Role of Sympathetic N.S. in HTN.

You’ll also learn about the following:

• Epidemiology of resistant hypertension
• Consequences of inadequately treated hypertension
• The future of catheter-based renal denervation
• Patient selection for renal denervation
• An On-line Webcast about Secondary Causes of Hypertension
• Lab testing of patients with resistant hypertension

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Environmental Injuries

Learn About Environmental Injuries and earn CME.  During this webcast, we’re going to explore the human body’s response to the extremes of environmental conditions and give you the therapeutic tools that you need to care for your patients suffering from environmental emergencies.  Here with Dr. Jim Allen in the studio is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Dr. Colin Kaide.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: Familiarize the audience with the selected environmental emergencies; understand the current approach to recognition and treatment of cold and heat related injury.

You’ll also learn about the following:

• Heat related illness in Columbus, Ohio
• Demographics of heat related illness
• Consequences of Pressure
• Decompression sickness in inland locations?
• How long should you wait between SCUBA diving and air travel?

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.