From the University of Pittsburgh Anesthesiology Perioperative Update Series. This online CME program encompasses the management of difficult patients and the pharmacology of recent medications that have changed the scope of anesthesiology practice. Lecture topics include the anesthetic management of morbidly obese patients with sleep apnea, those with severe liver disease, the extreme elderly, and trauma patients. With the scope of practice leaning toward the avoidance of opioids and faster recovery, the second half of Perioperative Medicine Part 1 – General Anesthesiology focuses on opioid-free anesthesia, and the pharmacology of ketamine, methadone, suggamadex, and liposomal bupivacaine.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Learn to recognize and treat postoperative cognitive dysfunction
- Be better prepared to treat morbidly obese patients and those with sleep apnea
- Discuss anesthetic concerns for patients with liver disease
- Manage the special concerns of the elderly patient undergoing surgery
- How to deal with the emergency trauma
- Learn to provide opioid free anesthesia
- Discuss how ketamine and methadone may be useful to your patient
- Discuss the pros and cons of Suggamadex
- Discuss the role of liposomal Bupivacaine in post-operative pain

Intended Audience

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, intensivists and perioperative medicine specialists.

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