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New Changes at the FDA and How this has Affected Drug Development for Children
Dr. Charles Cot� presents a comprehensive history of the regulations and challenges facing the use of anesthetic agents in a pediatric population. |
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Blocking the Flight or Fight Syndrome: A Safer and Easier Way to Sedate
FREE CME/ACPE: This CME/ACPE-accredited, expert panel discussion examines sedative options and adjunctive drug management approaches to achieving a calm, comfortable, cooperative and communicative patient. Sponsored by the Society for Critical Care Medicine. Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Abbott Laboratories. |
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Improving Patient Safety: New Guidelines from The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Dr. Richard Prielipp discusses the newest guidelines from the AHRQ, and comments on some next steps to take to improve the safety of healthcare. |
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FREE Online CME Program on Acute Pain Management
This 1-hour ACCME Category 1 Program includes expert discussions concerning preemptive analgesia, proper use of opioids, NSAIDS and COX-2 inhibitors, the surgeon's role in appropriate acute pain treatment, PCA and fixed-interval dosing, and ethical and legal aspects of proper pain management. |
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Guest
author Dr. Kirk Hogan of the University of Madison-Wisconsin discusses
the
implications of two recent articles that address possible safety issues
when using nitrous oxide in a pediatric population. |
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Guest
author Dr. Gerald Maccioli gives the skinny on the small, and shares with
us his extensive experience with using hand-held Personal Digital Assistants
in an Anesthesiology practice: Cleared
for take-off: The Anesthesiologist and the PalmPilot™. |
