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INTRODUCTION
2/3/2022 - Anesthesiology Journal Club - Targeting Higher Intraoperative Blood Pressures Does Not Reduce Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following Noncardiac Surgery
QUIZ
EVALUATION
CERTIFICATE
Credit Hours: CME 1.00
Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.
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
- 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.
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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.
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 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 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 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.
This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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