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COURSE: Depression in the Elderly: Clinical Manifestations, Treatment Safety, and Comorbidity
SPECIALTY: Primary care physicians
PRICE: FREE
CREDIT: 1.5 hours
FORMAT: Evidence-based
DESCRIPTION: Through audio/video/slide presentations, this new course discusses the importance of screening and treatment of elderly patients with depression and comorbid conditions including somatic and anxiety disorders. It also discusses how to recognize and diagnose comorbid depression and medical illness and reviews appropriate and effective pharmacotherapies and other methods of treatment.

COURSE: Obesity: The Endocannabinoid System and Its Impact on Visceral Fat: A New Paradigm in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Management
SPECIALTY: Cardiologists
PRICE: FREE
CREDIT: 2.5 hours
FORMAT: Evidence-based
DESCRIPTION: Through slide presentations, this brand new course explains how a patient’s cardiovascular status is affected by smoking and obesity and discusses the role of certain pharmacotherapy in achieving smoking cessation, managing weight gain related to smoking cessation, and altering the cardiovascular and metabolic profile of patients who smoke.

COURSE: An 86-Year-Old Woman With Worsening Insomnia
SPECIALTY: Primary care physicians, physician assistants
PRICE: FREE
CREDIT: 1 hour
FORMAT: Case-based
DESCRIPTION: This course describes an 86-year-old woman with a 6-year history of worsening insomnia. The patient feels restless and uncomfortable when attempting to sleep, and she often worries about her inability to sleep and the problems facing her the next day. She experiences daytime fatigue and forgetfulness and has difficulty concentrating on activities of daily living.

COURSE: Postoperative Pulmonary Failure In A Patient With Hip and Femur Fractures
SPECIALTY: Physicians, physician assistants, nurses
PRICE: FREE
CREDIT: 1 hour
FORMAT: Case-based
DESCRIPTION: This course, the third in our DVT series, describes a 68-year-old woman who was involved in a multi-vehicle collision and sustained fractures of her hip and femur. She was treated with open-reduction internal fixation of both fractures. Postoperatively, she initially did well and was sent to a rehabilitation unit. However, after 6 days she returned, presenting with dyspnea and continuous, mild, pleuritic right-sided chest pain that worsened with deep inspiration but was otherwise not relieved or exacerbated by any specific factors.