From the University of Pittsburgh Anesthesiology Perioperative Update Series
This online CME program encompasses the management of difficult patients and the pharmacology of recent medications that have changed the scope of anesthesiology practice. Lecture topics include the anesthetic management of morbidly obese patients with sleep apnea, those with severe liver disease, the extreme elderly, and trauma patients. With the scope of practice leaning toward the avoidance of opioids and faster recovery, the second half of Perioperative Medicine Part 1 – General Anesthesiology focuses on opioid-free anesthesia, and the pharmacology of ketamine, methadone, suggamadex, and liposomal bupivacaine.
* Date of Original Release: May 15, 2020
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Be better prepared to treat morbidly obese patients and those with sleep apnea
- Discuss anesthetic concerns for patients with liver disease
- Manage the special concerns of the elderly patient undergoing surgery
- How to deal with the emergency trauma
- Learn to provide opioid free anesthesia
- Discuss how ketamine and methadone may be useful to your patient
- Discuss the pros and cons of Suggamadex
- Discuss the role of liposomal Bupivacaine in post-operative pain
PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE PART 1 – GENERAL ANESTHESIOLOGY
