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2/3/2022 - Anesthesiology Journal Club - Targeting Higher Intraoperative Blood Pressures Does Not Reduce Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following Noncardiac Surgery

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INTRODUCTION

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:

  • Identify the role of MAP and how differences relate to adverse cardiovascular events
  • Assess how to attain a better grasp of the literature surrounding targeted intraoperative MAP
  • Discuss concerns surrounding different MAP goals.

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

Suggested Additional Reading

  • Cardiac events, and acute kidney injury after non-cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis of cohort studies. Int J Cardiol. 2018;258:68–73.
  • Kamenetsky E, Hogue CW. Is a mean arterial pressure less than 65 mm hg an appropriate indicator of the quality of anesthesia care? Anesth Analg. 2021;132:942–945. 25.
  • Mascha EJ, Yang D, Weiss S, Sessler DI. Intraoperative mean arterial pressure variability and 30-day mortality in patients having noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology. 2015;123:79–91.


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:
Garret Hillsdon-Smith, MD — PGY-2 Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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.
Lucas Chambers, MD — PGY-2 Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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.
Maria Nanez, MD — PGY-2 Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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.
Stephen McHugh MD FASA — Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of 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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