Faculty introduction, disclosures

Epidemiology of and risk factors for acquiring influenza Statistics – snapshots and trends Transmission Genotypes

Pathogenesis and prevention of influenza Onset Risk factors, complications, and costs Present vaccination recommendations and recent changes Peds and adult vaccination recommendations Benefits of maintaining yearly vaccination Patient case(s)

Treatment Nonpharmacologic symptomatic management and supportive care Historical vs. present pharmacotherapy Impact on outcomes Recently approved, novel treatments and their anticipated place in therapy Patient case(s)

Barriers to care and how to best address them The HCP’s role in education of patients and information dissemination Combatting myths and prejudices

Summary, conclusions, and best practice recap

By the end of the session the participant will be able to:

• Determine the impact of influenza infection.
• Describe influenza vaccination recommendations and apply them to patient cases.
• Describe treatment recommendations and apply them to patient cases.
• Describe present challenges to the prevention and treatment of influenza and develop strategies to combat them.

ACCME Activity #201336514

ACCREDITATION FOR THIS COURSE HAS EXPIRED. YOU MAY VIEW THE PROGRAM, BUT CME / CE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND NO CERTIFICATE WILL BE ISSUED.

As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review ScientiaCME.

Faculty Disclosure:  Diane Birnbaumer, MD, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, CEO of ScientiaCME, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by an educational grant from Sanofi Pasteur

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• Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowedge gained by participating in this CME activity.
• View the online activity. You may view this is in more than one session, and may pause or repeat any portion of the presentation if you need to.
• Minimum participation threshold: Take the post-test. A score of 70% or higher is required to pass and proceed to the activity evaluation.
• Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.

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