Course Description:   Prognostic indicators for patients with advanced cancer have been well-studied and described in the published medical literature. A paucity of resources, however, are available delineating prognostic considerations in non-cancer illnesses.  Particularly, which clinical factors can reliably guide hospice eligibility in patients with chronic, life-limiting illnesses such as dementia, heart failure, cirrhosis, renal failure, or emphysema? Clinicians who care for patients with such illnesses should be aware of the existing medical literature regarding prognostic factors in these illnesses.  With this knowledge, clinicians can better counsel patients on when to consider limits to life-prolonging interventions and/or hospice referrals. In this module, users can attain 1.0 hours of CME credit after successful completion of the following tasks:

1. Content review of ten Fast Facts and Concepts covering the following topics:
   1. COPD prognosis
   2. CHF prognosis
   3. Dementia prognosis
   4. CPR survival data
   5. Liver failure prognosis
   6. Dialysis prognosis
   7. Anoxic brain injury prognosis
   8. Traumatic brain injury prognosis
   1. Uremic calciphylaxis
   10. Illness trajectories
2. A score of 70% or higher on a 10 question quiz covering this content
3. Completion of a course evaluation

Module 8: Fast Facts #141, #143, #150, #179, #189, #191, #234, #239, #325, #326

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