CME Objectives\Questions
January 1, 2012 less than 1 minute read
CME Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- discuss pertinent safety, infection control and quality improvement practices;
- explain diagnosis and treatment of acute illness in the hospital setting; and
- discuss current data on diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for common inpatient problems.
CME Questions
1. In the study by Wright and associates, what percentage of women undergoing major gynecologic surgery for benign disease did not receive any venous thromboembolism prophylaxis?
a. 5%
b. 23%
c. 40%
d. 72%
2. According to the survey conducted by Miller and colleagues, which of the following hospital characteristics were associated with the use of daily sedation interruption in mechanically ventilated patients?
a. The presence of a leadership focus on a culture of patient safety.
b. Hospital involvement in an infection-control collaborative.
c. Hospital association with an academic medical center.
d. All of the above
e. A and B only
3. Based on the prospective study by Miedema et al. of patients transferred from an initial hospital to another center for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), where did the majority of the delays in overall door-to-balloon times occur?
a. Delays in transport to the initial (referring) center.
b. Delays at the referring center, mostly commonly due to waiting for transportation.
c. Delays in transport from the referring center to the PCI center due to weather or distance.
d. Delays at the PCI center due to catheterization lab unavailability.
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