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2/2/2023 - Anesthesiology Journal Club - Self-reported Race/Ethnicity and Intraoperative Occult Hypoxemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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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:

  • List factors that may interfere with the accuracy of pulse oximetry measurement
  • Discuss the potential risk factors of occult hypoxemia
  • Review the literature surrounding Standards for basic anesthetic monitoring.

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

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Standards and Practice Parameters: Standards for basic anesthetic monitoring. Available at: https://www.asahq.org/standards-and-guidelines/standards-for-basic-anesthetic-monitoring 
  2. Sjoding MW, Dickson RP, Iwashyna TJ, Gay SE,Valley TS: Racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2477–8.
  3. Kaczka D, Chitilian H, Vidal Melo M: Respiratory monitoring, Miller’s Anesthesia, 9th edition. Edited by Gropper M, Eriksson L, Fleisher L, Wiener-Kronish J, Cohen N, Leslie K. Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2020, pp 1298–339 6.


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:
Adam Schaefer, 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.
Erin Bundock, 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.
Lorena Tagle, 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.
Stephen McHugh, MD, FASA — Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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™

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