Best Practices for Early Outpatient COVID-19 Diagnosis and Antiviral Treatment

Hear faculty experts discuss outpatient management of COVID-19, including testing, risk stratification, treatment guidelines, treatment selection (antivirals and monoclonal antibodies), and long COVID.

Renslow Sherer, MD Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP Physicians: maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Registered Nurses: 1.0 Nursing contact hour Pharmacists: 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEUs) Released: November 22, 2022 Expired: No longer available for credit

Introduction

Current State of COVID-19

Testing and Risk Stratification

Guideline Recommendations and Treatment Selection

Clinical Trials of COVID Treatments

Long COVID

Question and Answer Session

Hear faculty experts discuss case studies illustrating outpatient management of COVID-19, including a young healthy patient, an older patient with multiple comorbidities, a patient with an immunocompromising condition, and a patient needing evaluation in the emergency department.

Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN Renslow Sherer, MD Physicians: maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Registered Nurses: 1.0 Nursing contact hour Pharmacists: 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEUs) Released: December 15, 2022 Expired: No longer available for credit

Introduction

Treatment Principles and Overcoming Health Inequities

Patient Case 1: Younger Person With No Comorbidities

Patient Case 2: Patient With Immunocompromise

Patient Case 3: Older Adult With Comorbidities

Patient Case 4: Patient Warranting Escalated Level of Care

Question and Answer Session

Timely COVID-19 treatment with oral antiviral agents is important for high-risk ambulatory patients. However, several factors need to be considered before prescribing oral antivirals to a patient with COVID-19.

Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP Released: September 28, 2022

Read my answers to questions about treatment recommendations and drug therapy considerations for ambulatory patients with acute COVID-19.

Renslow Sherer, MD Released: October 21, 2022

Read my answers to questions about assessment and treatment of nonhospitalized patients with acute COVID-19.

Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN Released: December 2, 2022

BIPOC communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Read my take on strategies to minimize COVID-19 inequities.

Stephaun Elite Wallace, PhD, MS Released: January 17, 2023

Download this infographic to help you apply best practices for COVID-19 diagnostic testing and risk stratification of patients who test positive.

Renslow Sherer, MD Released: October 3, 2022

Download this infographic to help you determine appropriate treatment for nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Renslow Sherer, MD Released: January 17, 2023

Read expert faculty member summaries of COVID-19 testing, risk stratification, treatment guidelines, treatment selection (including antivirals and monoclonal antibodies) and long COVID.

Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN Renslow Sherer, MD Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP Released: October 6, 2022

Read expert faculty member summaries of ambulatory COVID-19 patient case recommendations, including a young healthy patient, an older patient with comorbidities, a patient with immunocompromise, and a patient requiring evaluation in the emergency department.

Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN Renslow Sherer, MD Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP Released: October 10, 2022

Listen to Renslow Sherer, MD, and Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP, discuss outpatient management of COVID-19, including testing, risk stratification, treatment guidelines, treatment selection, and long COVID.

Renslow Sherer, MD Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP Released: October 21, 2022

Listen to Renslow Sherer, MD, and Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN, discuss outpatient management of patients with acute COVID-19, including a young healthy patient, an older patient with comorbidities, a patient with immunocompromise, and a patient requiring evaluation in the emergency department.

Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN Renslow Sherer, MD Released: November 11, 2022