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Clinical care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is exceptionally dynamic; patients may present differently day to day, or even hour by hour, and so their lab values and medication needs may fluctuate often. SLPs need to remain extraordinarily aware of changes in these lab values and medications to inform their ongoing assessment and treatment. This course examines classes of medications and lab values, their effects on a patient’s presentation, and how they may influence SLP assessment and treatment as well as interprofessional decision-making.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Explain how altered lab values may contribute to patient presentation, assist in differential diagnosis, and impact SLP assessment and/or treatment
• Explain the effects of a class of medication on patient presentation and how it may influence SLP assessment and/or treatment

Presenter Information

Madeline Weber, MA, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) completed her Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences from The Ohio State University and holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Case Western Reserve University. Madeline joined Cleveland Clinic's section of speech-language pathology in 2022, completing her clinical fellowship and continuing after her clinical fellowship as an acute care speech-language pathologist. Her clinical interests include assessment and treatment of adults in the acute care setting with disorders of swallowing, speech, language, and cognition, with special interest in the head and neck cancer population.  

Disclosures:

• Employee of Cleveland Clinic
• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by no later than the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: April 18, 2025
End date: April 18, 2030

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).