Chapter 21- Viral Hepatitis

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Differentiate the five types of viral hepatitides by their epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and natural history.
2. Identify modes of transmission and risk factors among the major types of viral hepatitis.
3. Evaluate hepatic serologies to diagnose the type of hepatitis infection a patient acquired.
4. Create treatment goals for a patient with viral hepatitis.
5. Recommend an appropriate pharmacotherapeutic agent for prevention of viral hepatitis.
6. Develop a medical plan for the treatment of viral hepatitis.
7. Formulate a monitoring plan to assess the untoward effects of agents used to treat viral hepatitis.

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