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Digital Seminar

Reflux & Heartburn with a Retroflex of Health and Wellness


Speaker:
Melissa Dyrdal, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Duration:
2 Hours 01 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 11, 2023
Product Code:
POS078563
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

Content provides a comprehensive assessment of patients presenting with foregut symptoms to improve their overall health and wellness. The education, assessment, diagnostics, and treatment options provide quality care to our patients along with satisfaction and confidence to providers dealing with these prominent diseases.

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Melissa Dyrdal, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC's Profile

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Melissa S. Dyrdal, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, is an experienced nurse practitioner and the Clinical GERD/Bariatric Program Supervisor at Minnesota Reflux & Heartburn Center at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC). She is responsible for patient assessment, education, and development of treatment plans. She is certified in the execution, analysis, and full interpretation of high-resolution manometry (HRM) & ambulatory pH/pH impedance studies. She is the GI lab supervisor, ensuring program development & maintenance, data entry, and quality control. Melissa is research certified, currently the study coordinator at CRMC for the US Regent 1 trial, an endoscopic procedure for the treatment of DMII, and actively involved in peer and community education.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Melissa Dyrdal has an employment relationship with Minnesota Reflux and Heartburn Center/CRMC. She receives a consulting fee from Endogenex. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Melissa Dyrdal is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Foregut Society, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.


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Objectives

  1. Differentiate between and determine treatment approaches for reflux, Barrett’s esophagus, and esophageal motility disorders.
  2. Formulate a treatment plan for obesity/insulin resistance.
  3. Determine assessment/diagnostic(s) and treatment approaches for GERD/Obesity.
  4. Develop a lifelong disease management plan, including evolving treatment(s), surveillance and follow up for various GI disorders.

Outline

Reflux & Heartburn
  • Pathophysiology/effects
  • Typical vs Atypical
  • Patient referrals
Comprehensive Evaluation
  • EGD/pH/HRM
  • US/HIDA
  • Gastric Emptying
  • Esophagram
  • Planimetry
  • CT
Treatment options
  • Lifestyle/diet
  • Medication
  • Endoscopic
  • Surgical
Medical Weight Management
  • Assessment/consult
  • Diagnostics/Labs
  • Processed Food Addiction
  • Treatment route
Quality of life/success
  • Education
  • Options
  • Referral(s)
Patient/provider relationship for lifelong disease
  • Openness/trust
  • Continued knowledge and education
  • Accountability
  • Follow through

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Physicians

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