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Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take High-pressure Injection Injuries to the Hand 3Certificate

Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Explain that, following high-pressure injection injuries, functional outcome of the hand and upper extremity depends on a number of factors.
  2. Discuss the high risk of long-term morbidity with diminished function and chronic symptoms.
  3. Understand that the role of systemic steroids in treatment is uncertain.

Disclosures

All faculty members and all AAOS staff members in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they and their spouse/life partners (if any) have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $40.00

Credits:

  • AAOS 1.0 CME

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Test Code: JAAOS2018(16)
Published: October 2018
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Required Passing Score: 9/12 (75%)
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Topics: Antibiotic Prophylaxis , Antibiotics , Mediastinum , Outcomes