Target Audience
This meeting is designed for anesthesiologists in the clinical and laboratory setting who desire to improve development of anesthesiology teaching methods by engaging in an interchange of ideas as represented in this meeting.

Needs Assessment
Topics for this meeting were derived from evaluations from the 2009 and previous annual meetings. Suggested topics were discussed and developed by educators who attended previous Annual, Board meetings and by other authorities in the fi eld of Anesthesiology.

Faculty Disclosure
The American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists adheres to ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosures of faculty and commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.

Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclaimer
The information provided at this CME/CE activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a health care provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Upon completion of this learning activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss and apply current concepts in the care of critically ill obstetric patients
• Manage the challenges posed by the obese patient in the perioperative period
• Describe pharmacologic agents for use in hematologic disorders
• Explain the indications for, the benefi ts of, and the side-effects from recently developed cardiovascular pharmaceuticals
• Discuss the pharmacology and use of prothrombotic and antithrombotic agents
• Outline molecular mechanisms of regional lung dysfunction in ventilator-associated lung injury
• Summarize the ethical considerations in cardiac donation after death
• Identify emerging trends in the management of infectious disease in the ICU
• Evaluate and manage patients presenting with pulmonary thromboembolism
• Apply the principles of competency-based education and continuous performance assessment to ICU training and practice
• Evaluate the appropriate application of regional analgesic techniques in unique/austere environments and their novel application to intensive care unit settings.

The host hotel for the ASCCA 23rd Annual Meeting is the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Boulevard, San Diego, California 92101, telephone (619) 564-3333. The room rate is $255 for single/double occupancy.

Hotel reservations at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront can be made directly at https://www.tphousing.com/r/startres.asp?
EIcode=1934&attcode=223 by September 17, 2010.

Make your reservations early!

You can view all available hotels as well as make airline reservations through the ASA Annual Meeting Housing Bureau at www2.ASAhq.org.

“Management of the Septic Patient in the Operating Room: State of the Art” Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 7:00 – 8:15 a.m. San Diego Convention Center, Upper 10

Objectives: Upon completion of this learning activity, participants should be able to: 1) Review altered physiology present in sepsis patients; 2) Discuss practical approaches to assessing perfusion pressure and organ function in septic patients; 3) Describe currently recommended management of the septic patient and implications for intraoperative care.

Clinical Trials in Critical Ill Patients: How Should They Impact Intraoperative Care?
Daniel R. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., FCCM - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Practical Approaches to Assessing Perfusion Pressure and Organ Function in Septic Patients
Andrea Gabrielli, M.D. - University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Sepsis Pathophysiology and Anesthesia: Why The Septic Patient is Different
Stephen D. Surgenor, M.D. - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire

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Chicago, Illinois