Podcast

The Pharmacist’s Role in Improving Early Diagnosis for Patients with Chronic Cough

Launch Date
07/21/2021
Credit Amount
0.00 Expired
Credit Expires
07/21/2022

Faculty

Mandel R. Sher, MD
Moderator
Founder, Sher Allergy Specialists
Founder, Center for Cough, Largo, FL
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Allergy & Immunology, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL
Mandel R. Sher, MD
Moderator

Mandel Sher, MD is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Immunology and John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Sher has trained over 150 fellows, and has established the Center for Cough in 2009, which is embedded in the Sher Allergy Specialists which was established in 1984. The Center has seen over 2,000 patients with chronic refractory and unexplained cough, and is a leading investigator for clinical trials of novel antitussives. Dr. Sher is involved in multiple stages of cough drug development. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), and board-certified in Allergy & Immunology and Pediatrics. Dr. Sherreceived his MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, completed his residency at Duke University School of Medicine, and post graduate training at Harvard University and the University of Michigan.

Megan M. Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES
Family Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH
Clinical Adjunct Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
Megan M. Adelman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CDCES

Dr. Megan Adelman, BCPS, BCGP, CDE is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General Center for Family Medicine. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the Northeast Ohio Medical University and completed her Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency at the Carolinas Medical Center and a Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) in Geriatrics at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center . Dr. Adelman has worked to expand pharmacy services, helping to implement multiple interdisciplinary clinics. Her practice and research interests include gaming in education, geriatric care, polypharmacy and deprescribing, chronic disease state management, and population health management.

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Statement of Need

Chronic cough, particularly those due to hypersensitivity, is under-recognized by health care professionals and leads to heavy patient and health system burden including costs and time associated with multiple provider visits, testing, and treatment as well as a decreased quality of life (QoL) due to patients experiencing depression, fatigue, stress incontinence, fear of social gatherings, and annoyance of the patients’ support systems. Pharmacists can facilitate patients on their journey to diagnosis by recognizing the clinical presentation of chronic cough and providing guidance to patients regarding the actions they can take to receive accurate diagnoses and treatment plans.

This CME Outfitters podcast will present a patient case that shows how pharmacists can talk to patients presenting with cough, including recommending cough products, discussions about cough hypersensitivity syndrome, and facilitating patients who may have chronic cough to the next steps.

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the clinical presentation of chronic cough.
  • Provide guidance to patients about appropriate actions to take to receive an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan for chronic cough.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.

Target Audience

Pharmacists.

Credit Information

Pharmacists/Pharmacy Tech (ACPE) 0.5

This application-based activity is approved for 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit.
Pharmacist Activity UAN: 0376-0000-21-179-H01-P

Disclosure Declaration

It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this CE activity. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and mitigated any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process.

Dr. Sher reports that he receives research support from Bayer; Bellus Health Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc; and Shionogi Inc. He is a consultant for Bayer; Bellus Health Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Shionogi Inc.; Nocion Therapeutics Inc; and NeRRe Therapeutics.

Dr. Adelman has no disclosures to report.

Disclosures were obtained from the CME Outfitters, LLC staff: No disclosures to report.

  • Julie Strickland, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Evan Luberger (planning committee)
  • Jan Perez (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

Faculty of this CE activity may include discussions of products or devices that are not currently labeled for use by the FDA. The faculty have been informed of their responsibility to disclose to the audience if they will be discussing off-label or investigational uses (any uses not approved by the FDA) of products or devices.

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The Pharmacist’s Role in Improving Early Diagnosis for Patients with Chronic Cough
Event Date: 07/21/2021