Managing Peripheral Arterial Disease

Managing Peripheral Arterial Disease is organized by Connect Educate Impact (CEI).

Initial Release Date: March 1, 2022
Planned Expiration Date: March 1, 2025

Credit: 0.1 CEU

Description:
Risk factors for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) include smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Take this course to learn PAD guidelines and help your patients avoid cardiovascular events with appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment.

Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this application-based CPE course, pharmacists should be able to:
• Identify risk factors for the development of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
• Calculate the ankle-brachial index (ABI) and identify the cut-point for the diagnosis of PAD.
• Summarize guideline recommendations for reduction of cardiovascular events in patients with PAD.
• Formulate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic recommendations for patients with PAD.
• Design an appropriate treatment regimen for the management of PAD given a patient case.

0.1 CEU