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1/26/23 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - Prehabilitation for Cardiac Surgery: Current State and Future Opportunities

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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:

  • Evaluate current literature supporting preoperative optimization for cardiac surgery.
  • Explain the frailty assessments and the decision-making behind those assessments for cardiac surgery.
  • Describe current clinical models of prehabilitation in this population.

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

Suggested Additional Reading:

  1. West MA, S Jack and MPW Grocott.  Prehabilitation before surgery: Is it for all patients?  Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol, 2021. 35(4): p. 507-516.
  2. Hall DE, et al. Development and Initial Validation of the Risk Analysis Index for Measuring Frailty in Surgical Populations.  JAMA Surg, 2017. 152(2): p. 175-182.
  3. Knight JB, Subramanian H, Sultan I, Kaczorowski DJ, Subramaniam K.  Prehabilitation of Cardiac Surgical Patients, Part 1: Anemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Sleep Apnea, and Cardiac Rehabilitation.  Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Dec; 26(4): 282-294. doi: 10.1177/10892532221121118.  Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID 36006868.


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 Creditâ„¢. 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:
Joshua Knight, MD FASE — Medical Director of Quality
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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 Creditâ„¢

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