Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Hemophilia Course (Jan 24 – 26, 2018)

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Hemophilia Course is organized by UC San Diego School of Medicine and will be held during Jan 24 – 26, 2018 at UC San Diego Health - Hemophilia / Thrombosis, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and physical therapists involved and/or interested in MSKUS as point-of care imaging tool to assist with diagnosis and treatment of joint pains in people with hemophilia. Other healthcare professionals involved in haemophilia clinical care may benefit from this education program as well. Pediatric practitioners welcomed. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 19.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

This hands-on course developed to provide training in musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) specific to hemophilic joint disease. The objective of the course is to enable hemophilia physicians to use MSKUS as a point-of care imaging tool to assist with the diagnosis and treatment of joint pains. The course is geared towards hemophilic joint disease to recognize joint bleeding, synovial hypertrophy and synovitis, cartilage degradation, osteochondral lesions and other structural joint abnormalities.

Conference Objectives are :
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe MSKUS basics and knobology
• Operate an ultrasound machine
• Describe sonoanatomy of ankles, knees and elbows
• Apply standard transducer positions for hemophilia joint ultrasound
• Distinguish bloody from non-bloody effusions
• Perform a diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound recognizing hemarthrosis, synovitis and structural abnormalities (meniscus, tendons, ligaments)
• Quantify synovial hypertrophy and synovitis by Power Doppler
• Quantify cartilage health and osteochondral lesions

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.