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ForwardPulse: Weighing the Options: A Comparative Analysis Between Bariatric Surgery Alone and Bariatric Surgery-enduring
New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.
Bariatric surgery and anti-obesity pharmacotherapy are both options for obesity management in patients with a high cardiometabolic risk. This presentation aims to address the lack of guidance surrounding obesity management in high-risk patient populations.
Target Audience
Pharmacist
Learning Objectives
⦁ List the definition and classification of obesity and identify high-risk individuals
⦁ Review FDA-approved anti-obesity medications (AOM) and bariatric surgery techniques and describe their respective places in therapy
⦁ Discuss the clinical impact of adjuvant weight loss medication after bariatric surgery in high-risk obese patients
Additional Information
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New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.
Bariatric surgery and anti-obesity pharmacotherapy are both options for obesity management in patients with a high cardiometabolic risk. This presentation aims to address the lack of guidance surrounding obesity management in high-risk patient populations.
Sarah Masri, PharmD
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.