Allergy, Immunology, Family Medicine, and Primary Care Course

The allergy, Immunology, Family Medicine, and Primary Care Course is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. and will be held from Jan 21 - 28, 2023 at Celebrity Apex, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America.

Program Purpose:
This CME activity's goals are to examine and discuss prevalent general medical disorders and offer recommendations for their treatment and prevention. In an ambulatory care situation, topics have been chosen that will be useful to family doctors, general internists, and advanced practice professionals.

Topics:
• Heart Disease in Women: A Call to Action
• Hypertension in African Americans
• Hypertension Update 2019
• Health Literacy
• Hypertension Emergencies
• Assessing Cardiac Risk Before Surgery
• An overview of what PCPs should know About Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Implicit Bias in Health Care
• The Choosing Wisely Movement in Medicine
• Update on the Role of Triglycerides in CVD

The allergy lectures are designed to offer participants an update on the most up-to-date methods of diagnosis and therapy for allergy-related disorders and to discuss the most prevalent allergy-related conditions that primary care practitioners will encounter. Participants will strengthen their existing knowledge and acquire additional information about the topics that will be discussed, focusing on the most effective management options for each disease state that will be presented and appropriate times to refer patients to specialists.

• Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis
- Recognize the paranasal sinuses' anatomy
- Describe the pathogenesis of both chronic and acute rhinosinusitis.
- Explain the diagnosis and management of both acute and chronic rhinosinusitis.
• Anaphylaxis: Treatment and Diagnosis
- Describe the causes, symptoms, and manifestations of anaphylaxis.
- Describe the course of treatment, focusing on the value of epinephrine.
- Justify the need for medical professionals and workers to be knowledgeable about managing anaphylaxis.
• Asthma Management Update
- Describe how asthma develops.
- Describe how asthma symptoms don't necessarily correspond to the severity of the condition.
- Describe the principles of asthma control based on step-care guidelines.
- Describe the increasing number of newer treatment options available for people with severe asthma.
• Taking care of a patient with a persistent cough
- Describe how the cough reflex works.
- List the most typical causes of a persistent cough.
- Describe diagnostic and empirical therapeutic trials.
-  Angioedema and Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
- Describe the pathogenesis of angioedema and chronic idiopathic urticaria.
- Describe the differences between chronic idiopathic urticaria, angioedema, and other kinds of dermatitis, pruritus, and dermatitis.
- Evaluating the best action and when a dermatologist or allergist referral is necessary.
• Types of Allergic Rhinitis, Conjunctivitis, and Non-Allergic (Chronic) Rhinitis - Describe allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and Non-Allergic (Chronic) Rhinitis.
- List illnesses that resemble rhinitis.
- Choose the proper diagnostic exams, evaluations, and treatment programmes.
• The current strategy for treating stinging insect allergies
- Describe many forms of responses to an insect sting.
- Describe the various sting reaction therapies.
- Choose which patients need to be referred to a board-certified allergy/immunology expert.