Neuroanesthesia Update, PAdrian W. Gelb, M.B., Ch.B. and Armin Schubert, M.D., M.B.A. Determining which patients with head trauma are most likely to require ventilatory support after surgery; the importance of attention to patient postioning during neurosurgery; the effect of different anesthetic agents on intracranial pressure; identifying neurosurgical patients at greatest risk of the developing VAE; techinques to reduce the risk for VAE in patients undergoing head-elevated surgical pocedures.
Guidelines Affecting Our Practice, Mark A. Warner, M.D. and James R. Hebl, M.D. The rationale for the American Society of Anesthesiologists recommendations on fasting before surgery; benefits of allowing clear liquids a few hours before surgery; identifying the factors that can increase risk for bleeding in patients on anticoagulant therapy and the indications for delaying surgery; utilizing American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine guidelines for performing neuraxial blockade or spinal, epidural or perineural anesthesia in a patient with a systemic infection; risk factors for perioperative neurologic injury and explain how these risks can be minimized.
What's Old and What's New in Pediatric Anesthesiology, David J. Steward, M.D., B.S. and Jerrold Lerman, M.D. The relationship between conceptual age and risk for apnea in preterm infants; risk factors for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndromes (OSAS), including obesity, large tonsils, and craniofacial syndromes, and the sequelae of OSAS; the best approach for anesthetizing a child with OSAS undergoing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; mechanisms of sickle cell disease and associated crises, such as ischemic events and acute chest syndrome; managing intra- and postoperative concerns in anesthetizing a child with sickle cell disease.
Trauma, Urgent Care and Patient Safety, Annemarie Thompson, M.D. and Robert M. Wachter, M.D., et. al. Why patients on β-bockers should not stop taking them perioperatively; the pros and cons of patient safety measures; the risks and benefits of the 'no blame' appraoch to medical errors; proven methods for reducing critical care costs, including early and appropriate nutrition, and greater use of weaning protocols and specialized units; the most expensive critical care injuries.
Forthcoming Issues in Clinical Anesthesia, John C. Drummond, M.D. and John P. Abenstein, M.D. Current theories on how anesthesia affects the developing brain, studies in children that show subtle but inconclusive changes in intellectual cognitive function after anesthsia; why the polymerization of neuronal proteins induced by certain volatile anesthetics concerns clinicians who threat the elderly; identifying population and workforce treands that will necessitate increased porductivity from anesthesia providers; examples of industrial principles that can be adapted to anesthesia practice to increase quality of care and productivity.
Preoperative Evaluation: Who Should Do It?, Tim M. Bittenbinder, M.D. and Lori Ann Dangler, M.D. Summary of the revised Joint commission standards about preoperative evaluations; goals of the preoperative evaluation; the pros and cons of having internists or anesthesiologists perform the preoperative evaluation; recoginizing opportuntites for internists to be further familiarized with issues unique to surgery and anesthesiology; current trends and advances in health care influence the requirements for preoperative evaluations.
Guidelines for 2010, Ursula Galway, M.D. and Philip D. Lumb, M.B., B.S. The purposing of the preoperative cardiac evaluation; concepts underlying the algorithm for pre-operative cardiac evaluation published by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC); the importance of adepquate communication between care teams in improving practice protocols and optimizing outcomes; current controversies in perioperative care; the essential objectives of surgical safety and components of surgical checklist.
Obstetric Anesthesia Update, Anahat K. Dhillon, M.D. Jay W. Johansen, M.D., Ph.D. and Eric Y. Lin, M.D. Recognize the relationship between postcesarean analgesia and chronic pain; discuss various modalities of postcesarean analgesia and regimens that combine their use; list the risks associated with obesity duringpregnancy; describe techniques and precautions that improve maternal and fetal outcomes in obese obstetric patients; optimize postoperative pain control and respiratory recovery in the obese obstetric patient.
Sepsis and Trauma, Kenneth Cummings, M.D. and Joy L. Hawkins, M.D. Recognize and manage systemic inflammatory response syndrome, severe sepsis, and septic shock; discuss and implement guidelines from the Surviving Sepsis campaign; list predictors of mortality in anesthetic management of trauma patients; explain the principles of damage control resuscitation; describe conventional and alternative markers for shock.
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