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Trauma/ER Tuesday: Bowel and Mesenteric Injuries
Presenter: Katie Kimbrough, MD
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Knowledge Gap: 
The purpose of this activity is to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on Bowel and Mesenteric Injuries.

Target Audience
The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about Bowel and Mesenteric Injuries and how it pertains to their respective profession.

 
Release and Expiration Dates
3/23/2017 - 3/23/2020

Objectives

  1. Explain the history and incidence of bowel and mesenteric injuries due to blunt trauma and establish the importance of accurate and timely diagnosis.
  2. Define the pathophysiology and mechanisms of injury that cause blunt bowel and mesenteric injury.
  3. Apply CT findings related to these injuries and discuss how CT findings can guide treatment plan.
  4. Define surgical management of small bowel and mesenteric injuries

Biographical Info

 

Mary Katherine (Katie) Kimbrough, M.D., is a physician and Assistant Professor in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at UAMS Medical Center. 

Dr. Kimbrough her bachelor’s degree at Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Louisiana and her medical degree and residency at Louisiana State University Medical School, Shreveport.  Dr. Kimbrough completed a trauma/surgical critical care fellowship at Louisiana State University, New Orleans. 

Dr. Kimbrough is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Card Surgery.  She is also an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Certified Instructor.

 





 


 

References




    • Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. JA Asensio, et al.  “Small Bowel Injury” pages 365-372.  2008.

    • Blunt injury to mesentery and small bowel: CT evaluation.  Radiol clin N Am 41 42003; 1171-1182

    • Computed Tomography (CT) of Bowel and Mesenteric Injury in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Pictorial Easy.  Med J Malaysia. 67;  4: August 2012; 445-452

    • Surgically Important Bowel and/or mesenteric Injury in Blunt Trauma: Accuracy of Multidetector CT for Evaluation.  Radiol: Volume 249: 2 – November 2008

    • Evaluation of Bowel and Mesenteric Blunt Trauma with Multidetector CT1.  RadioGraphics 2006; 26: 1119-1131
    Bowel and mesenteric injuries from blunt abdominal trauma: a review. Radiol med (2015) 120:21–32. DOI 10.1007/s11547-014-0487-8

 

 

Speaker Disclosures:
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CE activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Planners: 
Kim Miller
Sarah Rhoads 
Susan Smith Dodson
Mark Jansen

Speaker:
Katie Kimbrough, MD

Peer Reviewers: 
Kim Miller, MCHES


Instructions to obtain credit:

1.       Launch the activity 
2.       Complete the pre-test 
3.       View the entire activity online 
4.       Complete the post-test 
           (must pass the post-test with a score of 80% to receive credit)
           You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score.
5.       Complete Evaluation 
Print certificate or transcript (Available in the “My Profile” tab).

 

ANCC Accreditation Statement:
The Office of Continuing Education, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

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Little Rock, AR 72205
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ACCME Accreditation Statement: 
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4301 West Markham Street #525 
Little Rock, AR 72205 
Phone: 501-661-7962 Fax: 501-661-7968

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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Designation Statement 
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science Office of Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

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It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CE. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity.

 

 


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1 Hours> Non-Accredited

1 Credits> Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education> AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

1 Contact Hours> American Nurses Credentialing Center> ANCC

1 CECH, 1 CECH> National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. > CHES