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Experts Teach on Inpatient Buprenorphine Use for Pain Management

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Experts Teach On Inpatient Buprenorphine Use for Pain Management. This program will cover the topic of inpatient use of Buprenorphine for pain management. The presenters will first review the pharmacology of Buprenorphine including its mechanism of action and safety profile. They will discuss practical applications for using Buprenorphine for pain management as well as common dosing and routes of administration. They will use case studies to illustrate use cases scenarios and finally will also review limitations and logistics for coverage and continuation of these medications beyond the hospital setting.

To share why and how to effectively use this medicine in our hospitalized patients, we’re excited to introduce our two guests today. First, we have Dr. James Brehany, who is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and specializes in Geriatrics and Palliative Care at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Our other guest is Dr Jennica Johns. Jennica is also an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and specializes in both Palliative care and Pulmonary Critical Care.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Describe the properties of buprenorphine that make it a safe and effective analgesic medication for the hospitalized patient
  • Show how to initiate and utilize buprenorphine-based analgesic therapy in the hospital
  • Identify appropriate groups for buprenorphine-based analgesia in non-cancer population

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Misconceptions
  • Unique Properties of Buprenorphine
  • Cost and Formulary
  • Switching Opioids

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual.  You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Experts Discuss Inpatient Management of Diabetes on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Experts Discuss Inpatient Management of Diabetes on CME Webcast. In the 100 years since the discovery of insulin by Banting and Best, insulin remains the cornerstone of treatment for diabetes but we now have better formulations of insulin as well as new oral diabetes medications that are improving the lives of diabetics like never before. But when patients with diabetes are admitted to the hospital with medical or surgical conditions, the management of diabetes can become complicated. On this CME webcast, we are going to show you the management strategies that you can use for your inpatients with diabetes to ensure the best outcomes. Let me welcome my guests. Dr. Kathleen Dungan is an endocrinologist and Professor of Internal Medicine from the Ohio State University. And Dr. Roger Harty is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, also from the Division of Endocrinology.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: describe the scope of hyperglycemia in the hospital and rationale for glucose control; illustrate management strategies based upon illness severity and other clinical characteristics; describe methods for determining inpatient insulin dosing; and provide an overview of discharge considerations for patients with diabetes in the inpatient setting.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Critical illness and diabetes control
  • Risks of hypoglycemia

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.