Know Your Patient - Managing the Medically Compromised Patient

Know Your Patient - Managing the Medically Compromised Patient is organized by Viva Learning™ LLC.

Start Date: Mar 29, 2022
Reviewed: 2025
End Date: Mar 29, 2025

Description:
In this CE webinar, Dr. Stanley Malamed reviews considerations when dentists treat medically compromised patients including those with obesity, respiratory, hepatic and cardiovascular conditions. Dr. Malamed will provide medical explanations of these conditions and then discuss approaches to treating such patients.

Objectives:
Upon completing of this CE webinar, the participant will understand the basics of the physical examination and treatment considerations relating to:

• The geriatric patient
• Obesity
• Asthma and chronic respiratory disease
• Hepatic function and its relevance to dentistry (drug half-life)
• Cardiovascular: anginal patient, post-MI, post-CVA, HF, HBP