Providers/Grant Support
This activity is supported by an education grant from Salix Pharmaceuticals.
Credits Available
- Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers — maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
All other healthcare professionals completing this course will be issued a CME Certificate that they may submit to their accreditation board to obtain CE credits.
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of clinicians in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Hospital Medicine and Advanced Practice Providers.
Program Overview
The educational subject matter is delivered in 3 independently accredited, short video segments. Participants participating in these educational programs will gain insights into:
- Recognizing early cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes
- Applying validated diagnostic tools
- Managing overt HE episodes and implementing care plans to reduce OHE episodes/rehospitalizations
- Understanding current evidence surrounding ammonia, neurotransmission, and metabolic factors
- Utilizing care pathways across ED, inpatient, and outpatient settings
Learning Objectives
Video 1: Definition, Causes and Clinical Presentation:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Emergency Department Practitioners will more effectively identify hepatic encephalopathy as the underlying cause of altered mental status.
- Upon confirming a diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy, Emergency Department Practitioners will select the appropriate therapeutic strategy according to widely accepted clinical practice guidelines.
Video 2: Hepatic Encephalopathy in the Emergency Department:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Engage appropriate resources ensuring HE patients discharged from the ED/Hospital, will have the resources and support systems to appropriately manage their liver disease and subsequently reduce rehospitalizations.
- Effectively utilize the ACEP Point of Care ALTERD tool approach to better manage OHE patients in the ED.
Video 3: Transitions of Care and Future Directions
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Create and communicate effective care plans for HE patients being discharged from the ED/Hospital.
- Develop prevention strategies that incorporate technology and pharmacologic intervention to reduce HE episodes.
Faculty
Christopher Baugh, MD, MBA
Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Arun Jesudian, MD
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
Accreditation Statement
Amedco, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
Amedco, LLC designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the enduring activity.
Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest
Christopher Baugh, MD
- Consultant: Pfizer
- Scientific/Medical Advisory Board: Astra Zeneca, InCarda, Salix, Torus Biosystems
- Research Support: Pfizer, Monaghan Medical, Sanofi, Roche
- Shareholder: Quai, Vera Health
Arun Jesudian, MD
- Consultant: Salix Pharmaceuticals
Robert Batte
- NA
Justin Kaiser
- NA
Instructions For Participation and Credit
There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this enduring activity. To receive CME credit participants must:
Learners must view the video and complete the evaluation and request for credit form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen video courses must be viewed in their entirety. You must participate in the entire activity as partial credit is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
Certificates will be available for the participant to download immediately after the participant completes and submits the Evaluation and Request for Credit Form found with the link to the educational content on the OHE-CME.com website.
Course Viewing Requirements
Supported Browsers:
Desktop: Newest and last prior version of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Orion
Mobile devices: Newest and last prior version of Safari and Google Chrome
Supported Phones & Tablets:
All devices
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
Amedco requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved for use in the United States.
Disclaimer
This activity is designed for educational purposes. Participants have a responsibility to utilize this information to enhance their professional development to improve patient outcomes. Conclusions drawn by the participants should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information. The participant should use his/her clinical judgment, knowledge, experience, and diagnostic decision-making before applying any information, whether provided here or by others, for any professional use.
Contact Information
For CME questions please contact: [email protected]