CME Sponsor:
National Association of Continuing Education (NACE)

Location:
Online

Course Directors:
(Disclosures Included)
Alan Brown, MD, Course Director, Abbott, Takeda Consultant - UCB
Jefrey Lieberman, MD, FACP, Course Director, Consulting/Speaking/Teaching – Pfizer, Sanofi Synthlabo, Forest, Abbott, Roche, Novartis
Harvey Parker, PhD, Activity Planning Committee, has no relationships to disclose.
Michelle Frisch, MPH, Activity Planning Committee, has no relationships to disclose.
Alan Goodstat, LCSW, Activity Planning Committee, has no relationships to disclose.

Number of Credits:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Registration Fee:
Free

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Detailed Description:

Welcome to the National Association for Continuing Education webcast of our New Perspectives in the Management of Rheumatic Diseases: Update 2009.  The topic of this webcast is Pulmonary Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases.

The program was captured live in Hallandale, Florida on September 26, 2009 and features Dr. Franck Rahaghi.  Dr. Rahaghi is Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic and Head of Pulmonary Education and Rehabilitation and Char of Quality at the Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, Florida.

Learning Objective(s):

After completing this program participants should be able to:

  1. describe the pathophysiology of lung involvement in rheumatic diseases
  2. describe the clinical manifestations of lung involvement with various rheumatic diseases
  3. discuss the evaluation for patients with pulmonary rheumatic disease
  4. explain treatment for pulmonary manifestations in rheumatic conditions
This webcast was recorded live and is being used with the permission of the presenter.