Is the Verdict FINALLY in? Updates in Cholesterol Guidelines
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 366-L01
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 10:45 AM EST
Location:
Valencia W415 A, Level 4
PRESENTER(S):
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Tracy Martinez, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Henry Ford Health System
Currently working in ambulatory care setting, involved with lipid management, asthma management, diabetes management and medication therapy management for senior patients. Elderly patients make up a large percentage of my patient pool and have allwed me to become familiar with the particular situations facing elderly patients, especially in terms of polypharmacy.
Deniz Yavas
PROGRAM CHAIR:
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Tracy Martinez, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Henry Ford Health System
Currently working in ambulatory care setting, involved with lipid management, asthma management, diabetes management and medication therapy management for senior patients. Elderly patients make up a large percentage of my patient pool and have allwed me to become familiar with the particular situations facing elderly patients, especially in terms of polypharmacy.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Apply updated information to develop appropriate treatment strategies and therapy goals for patients.
Describe appropriate risk stratification and determine which patients are best suited for aggressive lipid lowering treatment.
Describe the important updates to the management of dyslipidemia using clinical trials and consensus documents.
Evaluate some of the controversies that exist in hyperlipidemia management.
Interpret the evidence and recommendations for new treatment targets beyond LDLc.