Perioperative Management: Johns Hopkins Clinical Update

Topics covered by Perioperative Management include: Perioperative Stress Response, Cardiac Risk Assessment, Myocardial Ischemia, Preoperative Evaluation, Anti-Platelet Therapy, Bleeding and Transfusion, Pulmonary Hypertension and many more.After completing Perioperative Management, you ...

Topics covered by Perioperative Management include: Perioperative Stress Response, Cardiac Risk Assessment, Myocardial Ischemia, Preoperative Evaluation, Anti-Platelet Therapy, Bleeding and Transfusion, Pulmonary Hypertension and many more.After completing Perioperative Management, you will be better able to: • Describe current guidelines for preoperative cardiac and pulmonary risk assessment and list several ways to predict and prevent cardiac and pulmonary complications using preoperative testing, and intraoperative and postoperative interventions. • Describe bleeding and thrombotic risks in surgical patients and list several strategies to reduce complications through evidence-based use of blood conservation methods, transfusion, anti-fibrinolytic agents and management of antithrombotic drug therapies. • Describe the perioperative complications associated with diabetes, renal insufficiency, hepatic dysfunction, delirium, and frailty, and list management strategies to optimize outcomes in patients with these medical conditions. • Recognize how to prevent, diagnose, and treat common healthcare associated infections that complicate surgical procedures.Target Audience: Anesthesiologists, internal medicine specialists, hospitalists, surgeons, family practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

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