VTE Prevention in the Cancer Surgery Patient: Vignettes

Accreditation

.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity may be submitted for American Osteopathic Association Continuing Medical Education credit in Category 2.

Target Audience

Hospitalists, oncologists, orthopedic surgeons, internists, family and general practitioners, and other healthcare professionals interested in VTE prophylaxis.

Description

The Cleveland Clinic presents Reaching New Heights: Preventing Venous Thromboembolism Throughout the Continuum of Care, on-demand webcasts series. This CME learning activity will focus on clinical practices for VTE prophylaxis in the following populations: medical patients, cancer surgery patients, and orthopedic surgery patients (including hip fracture, knee or hip replacement).

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Discuss the lack of data supporting the use of IVC filters as prophylaxis in neurosurgical patients.
2. Describe the clinical basis for the lack of use of pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis in gynecology-oncology surgery patients.

Activity Director

Co-Activity Director

Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Faculty

Daniel J. Brotman, MD, FACP

Faculty Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship, which in the context of their presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

The following faculty has indicated he/she has no relationship which, in the context of there presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Daniel J. Brotman, MD, FACP