Findings from the Department of Outcomes
Research and Outcomes Research Consortium

Defeating Normal Thermoregulatory
Defenses: Induction of Therapeutic Hypothermia

Release Date: June 5, 2009
Renewal Date:  June 18, 2010
Expiration Date:  June 18, 2011

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Estimated Time of Completion:  30 minutes

Description

This article reviews perioperative temperature monitoring and the effects of anesthetic drugs on body temperature control.

Objectives

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

1. Identify the physiologic responses to induced hypothermia.
2. Explain the complications associated with therapeutic hypothermia.
3. Specify strategies for defeating thermoregulatory defenses.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for anesthesiologists and other physicians and nurses caring for perioperative and critical-care patients.

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  0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 / Author

Daniel I. Sessler, MD
Chairman, Department of Outcomes Research
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

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, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Daniel I. Sessler, MD

This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education and the Outcomes Research Consortium.

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