As a director of a multidisciplinary center for EDS/Hypermobility Treatment Center at the New York Institute of Technology Academic Healthcare Center, I see hypermobile patients who have a lot of co-morbid conditions that are associated with hypermobile patients. Conditions such as POTS (Postural Tachycardia Syndrome) and MALS (Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome) will be discussed. As will the primary care needs of taking care of patients with EDS and HSD, these include presurgical clearance, and anesthesia concerns as well as a system-based approach to all of the aspects of EDS.

Learning Objectives

• To Introduce the EDS subtypes:
  • How to diagnose hEDS from the diagnostic criteria checklist.
  • To Introduce the 4 types of HSD.
  • Introduce Co-Morbidities of EDS and HSD.
• Describe EDS and HSD:
  • Diagnose hEDS.
  • Detail all of the systems in the body affected by it.
• Describe Co Morbid Conditions Associated with EDS:
  • Discuss and educate on common primary Care complaints.

Presenter
Bernadette A. Riley, DO, FACOFP, FILM

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