An hour-long session aimed to provide an update for primary care teams on the national agenda for lipid optimisation and practical advice regarding cardiovascular disease risk assessment, the national lipid management pathway, treatment options, managing statin intolerance and familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Session objectives:
- Why lipid optimisation?
- How to identify patients at risk of cardiovascular disease
- How to reduce risk of cardiovascular events, with a focus on medication
- How to identify possible familial hypercholesterolaemia patients
- How to manage statin intolerance
- Medication need-to-knows
The audience is anyone working in primary care that has an interest in lipid optimisation or wants upskilling around this topic. This includes, GPs, ANPs, ACPs, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and paramedics.
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