MEETING LINK: https://bswhealth.webex.com/bswhealth/j.php?MTID=m0c3dad4a1c620739557248633c501390

OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
1. Differentiate among common causes of acute arthritis in hospitalized patients. 
2. Describe current evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and inpatient management of acute gout, including appropriate use of synovial fluid analysis, laboratory testing, and imaging.
3. Discuss individualized treatment strategies for hospitalized patients with gout flares, incorporating considerations of renal function, comorbid conditions, and safe transition to outpatient care. 

FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Samera Vaseer, MD has/have no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE: The planners have no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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