Anesthesiology: Perioperative Anemia/Electrophysiologic Studies (Audio-Digest Foundation Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME). Book 53)

Purpose: Audio-Digest Foundation CME/CE activities are designed to provide its learners – physicians and other healthcare professionals – with continuing education that will help identify clinical problems in their practice settings, provide content to help to solve those problems, and increase their application of knowledge to practice.

Audio-Digest Anesthesiology is specifically designed to provide the participant with state-of-the-art information including, but not limited to:

Hazards of working in the OR
Hemostasis and hemotherapy
Opioids vs. non-opioid anesthesia
Inhalation anesthesia
Muscle relaxants
Local anesthetics
Preoperative medication
Airway management
Monitoring the anesthetized patient
Epidural and spinal anesthesia
Peripheral nerve blockade
Cancer therapy and its anesthetic implications
The allergic response
Anesthesia for nonoperative locations
Postoperative recovery
Management of acute and chronic pain
The goals of this program are to reduce the incidence of perioperative anemia and to improve patient outcomes after undergoing electrophysiologic studies. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1: Cite the World Health Organization definitions of anemia for adults.

2: Weigh the risks and benefits associated with transfusion of blood products.

3: Recognize the indications for transfusions.

4: Minimize adverse reactions associated with anemia and transfusions through good preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative care.

5: Consider the unique aspects of surgery for interventional cardiology and their implications for anesthesia care.