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July 1999
Volume 63 |
Number 7
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| Refresher Course
and Clinical Update Program |
Charles W. Otto, M.D.,
Chair
Committee on Refresher Courses
The Refresher Course Lectures and Clinical Update Program will
once again highlight this year's ASA Annual Meeting and promises
to maintain the high standards of past programs. The Refresher
Course Lectures will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 9-10,
1999, with the Clinical Update presentations on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, October 11-13.
The program of 99 lectures offers a wide range of topics, including
all areas of clinical practice as well as multiple aspects of
operating room and practice management. In addition, eight lectures
will address medicolegal and ethical issues, including topics
relating to awareness during anesthesia, ethics in anesthesia
practice, avoiding lawsuits related to obstetric anesthesia, what
to do after a bad outcome and management of perioperative neuropathies.
Speakers on these topics include James F. Arens, M.D., Frederic
A. Berry, M.D., Arthur M. Boudreaux, M.D., Robert A. Caplan, M.D.,
John H. Eichhorn, M.D., Gershon Levinson, M.D., Charles H. McLeskey,
M.D., and Mark A. Warner, M.D.
Airway management is an integral part of anesthesiology, and
this important topic will be the subject of six lectures. Jonathan
L. Benumof, M.D., will discuss the ASA difficult airway algorithm,
and James T. Roberts, M.D., will review techniques for managing
the difficult airway. Use of the laryngeal mask in anesthesia
practice will be addressed by David Z. Fersen, M.D., and Alexander
W. Gotta, M.D., will discuss the management of the traumatized
airway. Pediatric difficult airway issues will be presented by
Steven C. Hall, M.D., while Hernando De Soto, M.D., will discuss
anesthesia for pediatric ENT surgery.
Ambulatory anesthesia is an important part of modern anesthesia
practice, and seven lectures will specifically address ambulatory
issues. Management and controversies in both pediatric and adult
ambulatory practice will be discussed by Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum,
M.D., Charles J. Coté, M.D., Raafat S. Hannallah, M.D.,
Patricia A. Kapur, M.D., Mark E. Koch, M.D., Rebecca S. Twersky,
M.D., and Paul F. White, M.D., Ph.D.
Ten lectures will highlight the increasing role that regional
anesthesia plays in everyday practice. Topics will include an
update on brachial plexus blocks, how to make an epidural work,
choosing epidural and intrathecal opioids, neurologic complications
of spinal anesthesia, indications for regional anesthesia, pediatric
regional anesthesia and others. Speakers include Christopher M.
Bernards, M.D., David J. Birnbach, M.D., David L. Brown, M.D.,
David H. Chestnut, M.D., James C. Eisenach, M.D., Kayser Enneking,
M.D., Brett B. Gutsche, M.D., Michael F. Mulroy, M.D., Linda Jo
Rice, M.D., and Denise J. Wedel, M.D.
In addition to the speakers already listed, management of trauma
and emergency situations will be addressed by Steven J. Barker,
M.D., Ph.D., John C. Drummond, M.D., Charles W. Otto, M.D., Craig
M. Palmer, M.D., Donald S. Prough, M.D., Myer H. Rosenthal, M.D.,
and Alan Jay Schwartz, M.D. Such issues as anesthesia for trauma,
management of shock, management of head trauma, cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, perioperative fluid management, anesthesia for
obstetric emergencies and management of the hemodynamically unstable
patient will be discussed in a total of 10 lectures.
Multiple experts will elucidate issues surrounding pain management
from the basic science of anesthesia receptors and neurotransmitters,
to opioid pharmacology, to pain physiology, to acute pain management
in adults and children, to chronic and interventional pain medicine.
A total of 12 speakers will address pain topics, including Charles
B. Berde, M.D., Timothy J. Brennan, M.D., Timothy R. Deer, M.D.,
F. Michael Ferrante, M.D., Philip Malan, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., John
C. Rowlingson, M.D., and Jeffrey H. Silverstein, M.D., among others.
In addition to talks on airway management, a number of lectures
will address issues relating to the respiratory system. Peter
Rock, M.D., will discuss management of the patient with respiratory
disease and Michael J. Bishop, M.D., the management of the asthmatic
patient. Robert K. Stoelting, M.D., will speak about new perspectives
on NPO and aspiration. New trends in thoracic anesthesia will
be addressed by Edmond Cohen, M.D. In the areas of perioperative
respiratory medicine, Avery Tung, M.D., will discuss management
of acute respiratory distress syndrome, Barry A. Shapiro, M.D.,
will address assessment of respiratory failure, and John D. Lang,
Jr., M.D., will explain the clinical applications of nitric oxide.
Other areas specifically selected for the 1999 meeting include
31 lectures on anesthesia techniques; 20 on the cardiovascular
system; 21 on critical care anesthesia; three on allergy and infection;
eight on endocrine, metabolic and coagulation; 16 on equipment,
monitoring and technology; seven on geriatric topics; six on neurosurgical
anesthesia; eight on obstetrical anesthesia; 13 on operating room
and practice management; eight on pediatric anesthesia; 13 on
various aspects of pharmacology; 15 on preoperative preparation;
and 14 on postoperative management. A significant number of the
lectures apply to multiple categories and should address the interests
of our diverse membership.
We are fortunate, indeed, to have gathered an outstanding field
of experts to share their knowledge and experience with our membership
at the 1999 ASA Refresher Course Lectures and Clinical Update
Program. I am indebted to David H. Chestnut, M.D., Vice Chair,
and the other members of the Committee on Refresher Courses for
their assistance in developing a diverse program that will meet
the varying needs of our membership by addressing important and
controversial issues in anesthesia practice. We look forward to
seeing you in Dallas.
Charles W. Otto, M.D., is Professor of
Anesthesiology and Medicine and Director of Critical Care Medicine,
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of
Medicine, Tucson, Arizona.
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