Activity Title: How Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Has Changed Iain’s Life: A Medical Documentary

Accreditation Type: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Release Date: December 13, 2018

Expiration Date: December 12, 2019

Estimated Time to Complete Activity: 30 minutes

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the activity, participants should be able to:

• Summarize potential presentations of infants and children with PAH and essential steps in the diagnostic workup
• Apply recent data on treatment approaches to PAH in children to treatment decisions

ACTIVITY FACULTY

Steven H. Abman, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Heart Lung Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Dunbar Ivy, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief and Selby's Chair of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

ACCREDITED PROVIDER

This activity is provided by The France Foundation.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This activity is intended for pulmonologists, critical care specialists, and other health care providers involved in the management of patients with pulmonary disease.

STATEMENT OF NEED

The diagnosis of PAH in children is often delayed. Thus far, many of the approaches to assessment and treatment have been based chiefly on data from the adult population, but the need for guidance specific to pediatric PAH has been recognized and only recently addressed. As new data continue to unfold, it is important that clinicians assessing and managing pediatric PAH are up to date on guidance as well as new data on potential new approaches to treatment.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

The France Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION

Physicians: The France Foundation designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: Nurses who are certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) may utilize activities that are certified by ACCME-accredited providers toward their requirement for certification renewal by the ANCC. A certificate of attendance will be provided by The France Foundation, an ACCME accredited provider.

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Activity Staff Disclosures

The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, CME committee, or other members at The France Foundation who control content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Faculty Disclosures

The following faculty report that they have relevant financial relationships to disclose:

• Steven H. Abman, MD, has served as a consultant for Shire Pharmaceuticals. He has also done lab research for Shire Pharmaceuticals and United Therapeutics.
• Dunbar Ivy, MD, has served as a consultant for Actelion, Bayer, Lilly and United Therapeutics.

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COMMERCIAL SUPPORT ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. and Grifols.

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