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- Free-to-Member
- Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
$95.00
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important complication following cardiac and noncardiac surgery. Up to 18% of hospitalized patients develop AKI, and those who are critically ill have an even higher risk. Comparatively, the incidence of AKI in the perioperative period is 18-47%(1). Patients with even modest increases in their serum creatinine have increases in their mortality, morbidity, length of stay, and hospital costs. Perioperative AKI is associated with an increased risk of sepsis, anemia, coagulopathy, and mechanical ventilation. Notably, mortality is higher in patients with perioperative AKI even after complete renal recovery(1). Perioperative AKI correlates with type of surgical procedure, patient characteristics, volume status, hemodynamics, and exposure to nephrotoxins. Presurgical risk stratification and early risk mitigation is extremely important to avoid injury and need for renal replacement therapy (RRT). The following module defines perioperative AKI, identifies specific risk factors and tools for risk stratification, provides an overview of the workup of perioperative AKI, and evaluates various renal protective strategies that can be implemented during this high-risk period.
- Free-to-Member
- Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
$95.00
Medical consultation is an important clinical responsibility for most hospitalists. Traditionally, consultants evaluated patients at the request of the referring physician (RP) and provided an assessment and recommendations. Today, hospitalists are also asked to provide both informal “curbside” advice and more comprehensive comanagement of medical problems. Hospitalists who are effective consultants communicate skillfully and act professionally. The following module describes the different roles that hospitalists can perform as medical consultants and provides strategies for improving communication and RP satisfaction.
- Free-to-Member
- Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
$95.00
Pain is probably the most common presenting or associated symptom in patients in the hospital, and patients are often more concerned about being in pain than they are about the primary reason for admission. Pain is a completely subjective experience that is the consequence of the filtering, modulating, and distorting of the afferent nerve activity (i.e., nociceptive input) through the affective (i.e., limbic system) and cognitive processes unique to each individual. The following educational module discusses why postoperative pain requires treatment, outlines methods for performing a proper assessment of pain, provides strategies for utilizing patient-controlled analgesia safely and effectively, and summarizes the use of opioid and non-opioid analgesics in the postoperative setting to help hospitalists improve patients’ quality of recovery and life.
- Free-to-Member
- Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
$95.00
Perioperative cardiac complications are the most widely feared medical issues for the anesthesiologist, surgeon, and medical consultant as they approach a patient with the option of surgery. To assess for the preoperative cardiac risk, hospitalists should follow a step-wise algorithm. The following module reviews the risk assessment process and enables the hospitalist to order appropriate preoperative testing.
- Free-to-Member
- Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
$95.00
Perioperative cardiac complications are the most widely feared medical issues for the anesthesiologist, surgeon, and medical consultant as they approach a patient in the perioperative period. Only recently have management strategies been addressed in high-quality studies. The following module explains the roles of medical and interventional treatments in lowering perioperative cardiac event rates. This module also discusses the typical presentation of coronary syndromes postoperatively and the management of antiplatelet and cardiac medications.
- Free-to-Member
- Rapid Clinical Updates
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 Non-physician
$95.00
This session is presented by Jennifer Woodard, MD and Babar Ali Khan, MD. Our moderator is Joseph Sweigart, MD, FHM, SFHM.
This session will discuss the burden of delirium among hospitalized patients, current preventive and therapeutic approaches to delirium, and the long-term impact of delirium. We will also discuss strategies for prevention of delirium in the hospital setting and how to recognize delirium in hospitalized patients, as well as pearls and pitfalls of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies to manage delirium and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). At the end of the presentation, the audience will be able to identify delirium, assess its severity, and appreciate the long-term adverse consequences of delirium.
- Free-to-Member
- Practice Management
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 Non-physician
$95.00
SummaryDuring this webinar we will share key findings from the 2024 Hospital Medicine Workforce Experience Report, which explores the intersection of workplace structures and leadership support and professional fulfillment and burnout amongst hospitalists. Attendees will leave the webinar understanding how to promote wellbeing for themselves, during one-on-one interactions with team members, and across teams.