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3/17/2022 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds -Evolution of Pain Services and Management in Eras - Nicholas J. Schott, MD

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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: 

  • Learn how pain management adapted over past three years.
  • Learn about combination of intratheceal medications and peripherial nerve blocks
  • Learn the mechanism of action of intrathecal opioids

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

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.


Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Committee on Gynecologic Practice. (2018, September). ACOG Committee Opinion: Perioperative Pathways: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 132(3), 120-130
  2. DeSousa, K. A., & Chandran, R. (2014, November 27). Intrathecal morphine for postoperative analgesia: Current trends. World Journal of Anesthesiology, 3(3), 191-202.
  3. Cheema, S., Ilsley, D., Richardson, J., & Sabanathan, S. (1995). A thermographic study of paravertebral analgesia. Anesthesia, 50, 118-121.

Authors:
Nicholas J. Schott, MD — Assistant Professor, Site Director, Division of Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, Director, Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.
No planners, 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 to disclose.
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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