Translating Guidelines into Practice: Global Vascular Guideline on the Management of Patients with CLTI

A SERIES OF THREE FREE VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS - SECOND OF THREE SESSIONS

Session 2: Diagnosis and Staging of the Limb

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Monday, Sept. 12
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Central Time

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A Multidisciplinary Roundtable Discussion

Featuring Internationally Recognized Speakers in PAD

David Armstrong, DPM, PhD Professor of Surgery University of Southern California, USA	Nobuyoshi Azuma, MD Professor of Surgery Asahikawa Medical University, Japan
Sanjay Misra, MD Professor of Radiology Mayo Clinic, USA	Elina Quiroga, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Surgery University of Washington, USA

Moderators

The moderators of the three sessions are the lead authors of the guidelines being discussed. 

John White, MD Session 1 Moderator

Joseph Mills, MD  Session 2 Moderator

Michael Conte, MD Session 3 Moderator

Target Audience

US and internationally-based surgeons (vascular, general, plastic, and orthopedic), interventionalists (radiologists, cardiologists), podiatrists, wound care providers, rehabilitation medicine specialists, orthotists and physical therapists, and residents and trainees in these disciplines, physicians and non-physician clinicians (e.g., nurse practitioners and physician assistants) involved in the management of patients with Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)

Learning Objectives

• Describe WIfI staging and review use of the WIfI (Wound, Ischemia, foot Infection) stage calculator.
• Review contemporary data on the relationship between WIfI staging and important clinical outcomes in patients with CLTI.
• Review current approaches and limitations to hemodynamic assessment and perfusion measurement in the foot, and how they are employed pre- and post-revascularization.
• Discuss how WIfI staging drives triage and sequencing of care in patients with CLTI

Description

The three sessions will be helpful in expanding a physician's knowledge base and improving clinical confidence and effectiveness in treating patients with CLTI. The focus of the second webinar will be on the diagnosis and staging of the limb. This session is "WIfI” centric” and focused on hemodynamics and foot assessment. The importance of repetitive staging to guide the course of treatment and potential alterations in the treatment plan will be reviewed.

The physicians will use a single sample patient to design treatment strategies and demonstrate how to put the recommendations from the global vascular guidelines into practice.  A short survey will be conducted before and after the session, and a follow-up survey will follow 60 days later to gauge and evaluate if the guidelines were easy to translate into daily clinical practice. Participants will receive the clinical practice guidelines, implementation tools consisting of guideline pocket guides, and link to the app to ensure practicality in aiding participants in improving their clinical practice. 

Session 2

Moderator: Joseph Mills, MD, DFSVS
Schedule

Schedule:

• 6:00- 6:05 PM   Pre-Survey
• 6:05- 6:10 PM   Introduction and Overview.- Dr. Mills
• 6:10- 6:20 PM   WIFI staging and the use of the WIFI stage calculator- Dr. Quiroga
• 6:20- 6:30 PM   Data on the relationship between WIFI staging and important clinical outcomes in patients with CLTI – Dr. Azuma
• 6:30- 6:40 PM   Current approaches and limitations to hemodynamic assessment and perfusion measurement in the foot, and how they are employed pre- and post-revascularization - Dr. Misra
• 6:40- 6:50 PM   How WIFI staging drives triage of care in patients with CLTI -  Dr. Armstrong
• 6:50- 7:20 PM   Panel Discussion with all speakers and Drs. Conte, Mills and White
• 7:20- 7:30 PM   Post-Survey