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Perioperative Medication Management Controversies
July 1, 2025
The session began with Alana Sigmund, MD, SFHM, medical director for arthroplasty at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, addressing the complex issue of perioperative medication management,...
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The Wholly Frail—Choose Your Own Surgical Adventure
July 1, 2025
This workshop presented participants with three case scenarios of older adults needing surgical interventions, including inpatient management after traumatic rib fracture, vascular surgery for...
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The Great Debate 2025—Controversies in Perioperative Medicine
July 1, 2025
Under the bright, early‑morning glow of a Vegas ballroom—think less blackjack table, more brightly lit lecture hall—two perioperative medicine rivals took the stage for SHM’s “Great...
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Perioperative Strategy for RASI
May 1, 2025
Clinical question: Should renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASI) be continued or discontinued before major noncardiac surgery? Background: Continuation of RASI perioperatively can predispose to...
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The Great Debate 2024: Controversies in Perioperative Medicine
July 1, 2024
There are a great many debates in medicine. This perioperative topic lecture looked at the controversy of perioperative atrial fibrillation and a second topic of post-operative troponin screenings....
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Tranexamic acid minimized perioperative bleeding in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
August 1, 2022
Dr. Menon Clinical question: Does tranexamic acid reduce the incidence of life-threatening perioperative bleeding in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery without increasing the risk of major...
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Optimizing perioperative cardiac risk assessment and management for noncardiac surgery
November 30, 2021
What is the sum of evidence supporting perioperative cardiac risk assessment and risk reduction?
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Undertriaging linked to worse outcomes in postop patients
November 19, 2021
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Earlier discharge after surgery may come at the expense of post-discharge complications
October 29, 2021
“Our ultimate takeaway message is that there is a black hole that needs to be addressed between the time a patient gets discharged from the hospital to their first post-operative visit.”
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Medical comanagement did not improve hip fracture outcomes
October 14, 2021
Does medical comanagement improve perioperative outcomes in patients admitted with hip fracture?
