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3/4/21 - Anesthesiology Journal Club - A positive cocaine urine toxicology test and the effect on intraoperative hemodynamics under general anesthesia. Moon TS et al. Anesthesia and Analgesia Feb 2021

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Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Differentiate between superiority, inferiority and equivalence trials and identify limitations in study design. 
  • Determine if intraoperative hemodynamics differ among asymptomatic patients with cocaine (+) UDS and nonusers. 
  • Identify if asymptomatic patients with cocaine (+) UDS demonstrate trends in intraoperative vasoactive medication requirements or MAC compared to nonusers.

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Mascha, EJ, Sessler, D. Equivalence and Noninferiority Testing in Regression Models and Repeated-Measures Designs. Anesthesia and Analgesia. March 2011. Vol 112. Number 3. p 678-687.
  2. G. E. Hill, B. O. Ogunnaike, E. R. Johnson, General anaesthesia for the cocaine abusing patient. Is it safe?, BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia, Volume 97, Issue 5, November 2006, p 654–657.
  3. Nabil Elkassabany, Rebecca M. Speck et al. Preoperative Screening and Case Cancellation in Cocaine-Abusing Veterans Scheduled for Elective Surgery. Anesthesiology Research and Practice, vol 2013, p 1-7.


Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:
Erin Cisney, MD — PGY-2 resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Matthew Kocher, MD — PGY-2 resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Stephen M. McHugh, MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Tho Nguyen, MD — PGY-2 resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals are awarded (0.1) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to 1.0 contact hours.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.