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Continuing Medical Education
School of Medicine, UAB |
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Online CME Courses
Course Catalog > Online Courses |
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Community-Acquired
Pneumonia
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Certified for 1 AMA PRA Category
1 Credit™
Co-Sponsored
by
the
University
of
Alabama
School
of
Medicine
Division of Continuing Medical Education and
The Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation
| Release Date:
December 6, 2005 |
Expiration
Date: December 6, 2008
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| TARGET
AUDIENCE: |
| Primary
care physicians |
| OBJECTIVES: |
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of this CME activity, clinicians should be able to: |
- Review
factors that increase susceptibility of death from community-acquired
pneumonia
- Recognize
the newest pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP)
- Become
familiar with new and important issues associated with
treatment of CAP, including rapid initiation of treatment
and newly available drugs
- Learn
abour adjunctive measures available for treatment of
CAP
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| SOURCE: |
| FACULTY: |
Martin
Rodriguez, MD
Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital |
| DISCLOSURE: |
| Dr.
Rodriguez has no commercial affiliations to disclose. |
| CME
PARTICIPATION: |
| To
participate in this program for CME credit, please review
the objectives before beginning the program. Take the course,
complete the case questions and evaluation before December
6, 2008 to receive CME credit. Your certificate will then
be available online. This process should take approximately
60 minutes. |
| ACCREDITATION: |
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The University of Alabama School
of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
The University of Alabama School
of Medicine designates this educational activity for a
maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.
The boards of nursing in many
states, including Alabama, recognize Category 1 continuing
medical education courses as acceptable activities for
the renewal of license to practice nursing.
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| DISCLAIMER: |
| Dosages,
indications, and methods of use of any drug referred to in
this online course may reflect the clinical experience of
the authors, clinical literature, or other clinical resources.
Therefore, please see the full prescribing information before
using any product mentioned. |
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A 40 year-old
female comes to your office complaining of 4 days of increasing
cough, sputum production, and fever. She is otherwise healthy
and takes no medications other than oral contraceptives.
She denies taking any antibiotics in the recent years.
She is not a smoker and drinks alcohol only in social events.
She works as a clerk in a local office. Physical examination
reveals a temperature of 101 F, a respiratory rate of 22,
BP of 116/74, heart rate of 90, pulse oximetry of 96% on
room air, and bronchial breath sounds in the right lower
lobe. A chest-X-ray demonstrates an ill-defined opacity
with air bronchogram in the right lower lobe. A sputum
sample is sent for Gram stain and culture.
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