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11/4/21 - Anesthesiology Journal Club: Human Subjects Research -Exception from Informed Concent & Effect of Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo on Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients with In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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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:

  • Review the role for vasopressin and methylprednisolone in resuscitation of cardiac arrest
  • Discuss the current resuscitation for in-hospital cardiac arrest
  • Evaluate the literature surrounding in-hospital cardiac arrest management.


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

  1. Nolan JP, Berg RA, Andersen LW, et al; Utstein Collaborators. Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcome reports: update of the Utstein Resuscitation Registry Template for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: a consensus report from a task force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (American Heart Association, European Resuscitation Council, Australian and New Zealand Council on Resuscitation, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa, Resuscitation Council of Asia). Resuscitation. 2019;144:166-177. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.08.021
  2. Miano TA, Crouch MA. Evolving role of vasopressin in the treatment of cardiac arrest. Pharmacotherapy. 2006;26(6):828-839. doi:10.1592/phco.26.6.828
  3. Holmberg MJ, Ross CE, Fitzmaurice GM, et al; American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Resuscitation Investigators. Annual incidence of adult and pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019;12(7):e005580. doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005580

    4. 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 1.0AMA 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:
Jacob Pickle, MD, MBA — PGY-2 Resident (Combined Anesthesiology-Pediatrics Program), Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Julia Freeman, 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.
Krupa Patel, 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.
Melissa Giraldo Duque, MD — Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellow, 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 McHugh, MD, FASA — Assistant Professor, Director, Clinical Base Year Program, Director, Journal Club, 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.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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