Patients with Alzheimer’s disease receiving amyloid-targeting treatments (ATTs) are at risk for improper evaluation of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) in emergency care settings. Emergency medicine clinicians currently have insufficient clinical guidance pertaining to ARIA and its presentation in these patients. Imaging characteristics of ARIA can overlap with other imaging abnormalities, and it is important to recognize this for further investigation and implications for management. It is imperative that health care professionals in this setting routinely evaluate patients for suspected ARIA and be aware of ARIA signs and symptoms, assessing patient-related risk factors and timing of occurrence.
The first episode of this CMEO BriefCase series focuses on a patient case that requires differentiating ARIA from other conditions with a similar presentation in the emergency care setting, highlighting ARIA-related symptoms, listing other clinical manifestations of ARIA as described in clinical trials, and reviewing contraindicated medications for patients receiving an ATT.
Differentiate ARIA from other conditions with a similar presentation in emergency care settings
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Lilly.
Health care providers, on a global level, who are involved in emergency medicine: physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician associates (PAs), nurses, triage specialists, and pharmacists
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Dr. Villain reports the following financial relationships:
Grants: Travel grant from GE Healthcare SAS; Merz-Pharma; and UCB Pharma GmbH
Other financial or material support: Unpaid local principal investigator or sub-investigator for Alector, Inc.; Biogen; Eisai Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen Global Services, LLC/Johnson & Johnson; Novo Nordisk A/S; Roche; and UCB Pharma. Unpaid national coordinator for AB Science and ADvantage Therapeutics GmbH. Unpaid lecturer in symposia organized by Eisai Inc. and the Servier Foundation.
Dr. Franceschi reports the following financial relationships:
Advisory Board: Biogen and Genentech, Inc./Roche
Consultant: Biogen; Blue Earth Diagnostics; Cortechs.ai; Eisai Inc.; Genentech, Inc./Roche; Icometrix; Life Molecular Imaging; and Puer
Research Support: Life Molecular Imaging
The following individuals have no financial relationships to disclose:
Marlon (Tony) Graham, MD (Peer Reviewer)
Elizabeth Naber, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CNRN, TCRN (Peer Reviewer)
Susan Perry (Planning Committee)
Erin Spencer (Planning Committee)
Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (Planning Committee)
Sandra Caballero, PharmD (Planning Committee)
Sharon Tordoff (Planning Committee)
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