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9/17/26 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds From Probe to Plan: Tailoring Anesthetic Management Based on Pre-Induction Cardiac POCUS Findings- Marcos Cruvinel MD

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Credit Hours: 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:

  • Tailor anesthesia according to most common phenotypes.
  • Identify the appropriate indications for the use of preoperative cardiac POCUS in perioperative patient assessment.
  • Recognize key cardiac structures, findings, and assessment elements when performing cardiac POCUS.
  • Identify red flag findings on cardiac POCUS that warrant additional evaluation or modification of perioperative management.
  • Tailor anesthetic management according to the most common patient phenotypes identified during preoperative assessment.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  1. Bradley CA, Ma C, Hollon MM. Perioperative Point of Care Ultrasound for Hemodynamic Assessment: A Narrative Review. Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2023;27 (3):208-223. doi:10.1177/10892532231165088
  2.  Naji A, Chappidi M, Ahmed A, Monga A, Sanders J. Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use by Anesthesiologists. Cureus. 2021;24;13(5): e15217. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15217.
  3.  Meier I, Vogt AP, Meineri M, Kaiser HA, Luedi MM, Braun M. Point-of-care ultrasound in the preoperative setting. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2020; 34(2):315-324. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2020.04.010.
  4.  Ramsingh D, Bronshteyn YS, Haskins S, Zimmerman J. Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound: From Concept to Application. Anesthesiology. 2020;132(4):908-916. doi: 10.1097/ALN.00000000 00003113.
  5.  Li, L., Yong, R.J., Kaye, A.D. et al. Perioperative Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for Anesthesiologists: an Overview. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2020; 24 (20). 03/21/2020. doi: 10.1007/s11916-020-0847-0

Authors:
Marcos Cruvinel, MD — Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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.

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 Credits™. 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.

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