The Science and Medicine
of Sepsis Management

WebCAST

Webcast CME Disclosure

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Release Date:

March 30, 2010

Expiration Date:

March 30, 2012

Intended Audience:

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of all critical care physicians, emergency medicine specialists, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and other involved in the care of critically ill patients in the intensive care of emergency medicine setting.

Statement of Need/Program Overview

The educational need for this program is to educate critical care specialists, emergency physicians and related specialties about pharmacologic, drug selection, cost-related, and risk assessment issues related to severe sepsis in the critical care environment, an issue which has been highlighted by guidelines issued by organizations and professional associations specializing in critical care and emergency medicine.

Registration:

Participation in this WebCAST is complimentary, and clinicians are invited to view this CME-certified program and/or share this invitation with other colleagues, departmental staff members, and healthcare professionals.

Grantor Support:

Supported by an independent
educational grant
from Eisai, Inc.

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and CMEducation Resources, LLC. PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement:

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Policy on Faculty & Provider Disclosure:

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by PIM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.

Educational Objectives

At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe the prognostic factors that determine clinical outcomes of patient with severe sepsis
• Describe the epidemiology and causative factors of sepsis
• Identify the potential pathophysiological and clinical impact of modulating TLR-derived signals in order to mitigate adverse effects of immune responses observed in septic shock syndrome
• Discuss emerging strategies for improving patient care and clinical outcomes for severe sepsis syndrome
• Analyze evolving strategies for improving outcomes in sepsis that are focused on suitable targets for interrupting the inflammatory cascade

Program Faculty and Disclosures:

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

Steven M. Opal, MD
Professor of Medicine
The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University
Chief, Infectious Disease Division,
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Providence, RI

Research Support: Inimex, Sirtris, Eisai, Atoxbio

Jean-Paul Mira, MD, PhD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine
Chair, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Head, Variability of Innate Immunity Research Laboratory
Cochin-St.Vincent dePaul University Hospital
Paris, France

Consultant: Eli Lilly; LFB; EISAI
Advisory Boards: EISAI; LFB
Honoraria: Eli Lilly, LFB, Novartis, MSD, BRAHMS


Dr. Pierre-Francois Laterre, MD
Professor of Critical Care
St Luc University Hospital
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Brussels, Belgium

Nothing to disclose


The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

The following PIM planners and managers Jan Hixon, RN, BSN, MA, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Julia Kimball, RN, BSN, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD and Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

The following CMEducation Resources planner and manager: Gideon Bosker, hereby states that he or his spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use:

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM), CMEducation Resources and Eisai, Inc. do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of PIM, CMEducation Resources and Eisai, Inc. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Hardware and Software Requirements:

To participate in this program, viewers must have a PC or Macintosh computer that has active, ongoing internet access for the duration of the program, as well as a compatible Flash-viewer. An email address is required for registration, and a printer is required to printout the CME certificate.

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