Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Review the value of regional anesthesia in perioperative care
• Determine the clinical utility of truncal blockade for postoperative analgesia
• Discuss current concepts and management of obstetric hemorrhage
• Differentiate the approaches to managing chronic postsurgical pain
• Examine management principles of perioperative seizures
• Identify current and future practice management regulations
• Describe the perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea
• Review management principles of ventricular assist devices in noncardiac surgery
• Determine the role of point of care ultrasound in the operating room
• Discuss current concepts in intraoperative vasoplegia
• Differentiate perioperative pain management options in patients with chronic pain
• Examine the role of low-dose ketamine for perioperative analgesia
• Identify management approaches of patients with congenital heart disease undergoing noncardiac surgery
• Describe the implications of sugammadex in perioperative neuromuscular blockade
• Review current recommendations for perioperative blood management
• Review the perioperative considerations of right ventricular function
• Determine current anesthetic management principles of patients undergoing proton beam therapy
• Discuss workplace drug diversion
• Differentiate options for perioperative fluid management
• Examine the role of continuous quality improvement in anesthetic practice
• Identify patients at risk for perioperative respiratory depression
• Describe current concepts in pediatric anesthetic care
• Review the management principles of acute ischemic stroke

Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.