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COURSE DESCRIPTION: 
Please join us for a conference on Inpatient Management of Hypertension with Daena Flaxman-Erlich, M.D. Dr. Flaxman-Erlich will discuss the benefits and potential harms of treating elevated inpatient blood pressure. She will also determine and justify when asymptomatic elevated inpatient blood pressure warrants treatment and formulate appropriate treatment strategies.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Internal Medicine Physicians, Cardiologists, Pulmonologists, Oncologists, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Residents, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, and all other interested healthcare providers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Differentiate goals of inpatient hypertension management from outpatient management.
• Appraise the benefits and potential harms of treating elevated inpatient blood pressure.
• Define and characterize Hypertensive Emergency and select appropriate specific treatments.
• Define and categorize Asymptomatic Elevated Inpatient Blood Pressure (F.K.A. Hypertensive Urgency).
• Determine and justify when Asymptomatic Elevated Inpatient Blood Pressure warrants treatment and formulate appropriate treatment strategies.
• Develop targeted and individualized discharge plans for patients treated for elevated blood pressure during hospitalization.

FACULTY AND DISCLOSURES:

Daena Flaxman-Erlich, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida

Daena Flaxman-Erlich, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

John F. Rubin, M.D., FACP, director for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS AND CREDITS

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-1296402, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Podiatry, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.  

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs, Laboratory Personnel, Athletic Trainers and Respiratory Techs. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.