Peter Barland, M.D., Jayashree Sinha, M.D., Juan Lichauco, M.D.

Drs. Lichauco and Sinha are Fellows in Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.

Drs. Barland, Lichauco and Sinha report no commercial conflicts of interest.

Release Date: 12/07/2001
Termination Date: 12/07/2004

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, the participant should be able to:

• Identify a fulminating and disastrous course in some patients with APL antibodies known as CAPS
• Describe characteristics of CAPS in terms of organs involved and time frame and be able to distinguish it from Primary or Secondary APL syndrome
• Discuss and the aggressive therapy needed if there is an initial suspicion of CAPS.

 

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