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Activity Steps

1 Activity
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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 why updated new U.S. guidelines no longer employ LDLcholesterol treatment targets.
  2. State the patient groups for whom statin therapy should now be considered.
  3. Summarize concerns regarding the expansion of treatment that will occur if the new guidelines are widely adopted.
  4. Discuss concerns regarding the accuracy of a new cardiovascular risk calculator, and the evidence used to develop it.
  5. Summarize the results of a meta-analysis showing a beneficial effect of replacing saturated fat with unsaturated alternatives.
  6. Describe limitations that prevent definitive conclusions from being drawn regarding the benefits of saturated fat replacement.
  7. Describe the impact of critical illness on muscle metabolism and its impact on intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired weakness.
  8. Discuss the role of early nutrition support in the prevention and management of ICU-related muscle waiting.

Disclosures

Mr. Lomangino has disclosed that he is a consultant to the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation and the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • CDR 1.5 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), provider number LI001. Registered dietitians (RDs) will receive 1.5 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for successful completion of this program/material, CPE Level 2.

Planner
Professions: Other Health Professional
Test Code: CNI0114
Published: January 2014
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Clinical Nutrition Insight
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Kevin Lomangino
Categories: Cardiovascular , Critical Care , Evidence-Based Practice , Nutrition , Preventing Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC)
Specialties: Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
Topics: Cardiovascular Risk , LDL Cholesterol , Muscle Wasting , Obesity , Statin Therapy