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Practice Advisory on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging - PDF Format Only
(PA01-PDF)

As healthcare technology continues to advance, physicians in medical specialties are taking necessary steps to ensure that all patients are provided safe care throughout procedures for diagnosis...

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Practice Alert for the Perioperative Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Stents - PDF Format Only
(PA02-PDF-11PP)

This Practice Alert reviews published recommendations that address the perioperative management of surgical patients with recently implanted coronary artery stents. The intent of the Alert...

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Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Respiratory Depression Associated with Neuraxial Opioid Administration - PDF Format Only
(PG01-PDF)

This document updates the Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection and Management of Respiratory Depression Associated with Neuraxial Opioid Administration adopted by the ASA in 2007...

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Practice Advisory for Intraoperative Awareness and Brain Function Monitoring
(30503-4PA)

Intraoperative awareness under general anesthesia is a rare occurrence, with a reported incidence of 0.1-0.2 percent. The purposes of this advisory are to identify risk factors, provide...

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Practice Advisory for Perioperative Visual Loss Associated with Spine Surgery
(30503-5PA-5PA)

The purpose of this advisory is to enhance awareness of permanent impairment or total loss of sight associated with a spine procedure during which general anesthesia is administered and to...

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Practice Advisory for Preanesthesia Evaluation
(30503-2PA-EV)

This practice advisory was written by the ASA Task Force on Preanesthesia Evaluation and was approved by the House of Delegates on October 17, 2001, and amended on October 15, 2003. This...

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Practice Advisory for the Perioperative Management of Patients with Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices: Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
(30503-3PA-PC)

Focuses on the perioperative management of patients with pre-existing, permanently implanted cardiac rhythm devices for treatment of bradyarrhythmia, tachyarrhythmia or heart failure. These...

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Practice Advisory for the Prevention and Management of Operating Room Fires
(30503-6PA)

This practice advisory was written by the ASA Task Force on Operating Room Fires and was approved by the House of Delegates on October 17, 2007. The purposes of this advisory are to...

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Practice Advisory for the Prevention of Perioperative Peripheral Neuropathies
(30503-1PA-1PA)

Written by a special task force of ASA and adopted by the ASA House of Delegates in October 1999, this practice advisory was developed to reduce the frequency or minimize the severity of...

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Practice Guidelines for Acute Pain Management in the Perioperative Setting
(30503-1PP-1PP)

The purpose of these guidelines, which were published in the journal Anesthesiology in April 1995 and amended by the House of Delegates on October 15, 2003, is to facilitate the efficacy and...

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2009 Self Education and Evaluation (SEE) Program

Self study course based on today’s medical literature and emerging issues in anesthesiology, 2009 annual subscription (2 issues). Earn up to 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM per issue.

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