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Anethesiology News

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Airway Challenges in the PACU/ICU
 
Release Date:
December 1, 2005
Renewal Date:
December 26, 2007
Expiration Date:
December 26, 2008
 

Technical Requirements
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Accreditation

1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Read the full Accreditation Statement

Target Audience

This activity is intended for anesthesia providers.

Activity Design

The Traditional and Emerging Approaches to Challenging Cases in Anesthesiology Series includes cases, corresponding to articles from Anesthesiology News.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

  1. Identify obstructive sleep apnea and the tests required to diagnose and classify its severity.
  2. Describe the advantages, limitations, and guidelines for the safe use of airway exchange catheters.
  3. List the steps and airway equipment used to manage the difficult airway in uncommon situations.
  4. Explain the postoperative complications of maxillomandibular advancement surgery for obstructive sleep apnea and the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of hypoxemia, hypoventilation, and negative-pressure pulmonary edema.
  5. Discuss the pharmacology of remifentanil, its side effects, and the precautions that must be taken to avoid postoperative airway complications secondary to its use.
  6. Identify the indications and limitations of opioid reversal with the antagonist naloxone.

Activity Director

John E. Tetzlaff, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University
Director, Center for Anesthesiology Education
Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Author

Maged Argalious, MD

Faculty Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty has indicated he has no relationship which, in the context of his presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Maged Argalious, MD

This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education and UNITECH Communications®.

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