Traditional & Emerging Approaches
to Challenging Cases
in Anesthesiology
Perioperative Management of
Patients
Undergoing Bilateral Total
Knee Replacement
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Release Date: July 1, 2005
Renewal Date: September 29, 2009
Expiration Date: September 29, 2010
Estimated Time of Completion: 60 minutes
Description
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:
- Discuss preoperative cardiac assessment for bilateral total knee replacement (BTKR).
- Describe anesthetic technique options for BTKR.
- List the influence of anesthetic technique on outcome for BTKR.
- Discuss the most common intraoperative management challenges for BTKR.
- Describe proper postoperative care after BTKR.
Target Audience
This activity is directed to anesthesiologists.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
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
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Author / Faculty
| 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 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
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:
John E. Tetzlaff, MD
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges
an educational grant for support of this activity from:
Hospira
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education and UNITECH Communications®.
