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Category
Credits
Event date
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Perioperative Infections and Fever
  • Free-to-Member
  • Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
  • 2.00 ABIM MOC Self Evaluation Points
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$95.00
Perioperative fever has multiple possible etiologies, including infections such as pneumonia, fungal infections, central-line associated infections, and urinary infections. By understanding the typical time frame and common risk factors for each etiology, hospitalists and other perioperative consultants can develop a differential diagnosis for perioperative fever. The following module will provide a general approach for determining the differential diagnosis in patients with a perioperative fever, as well as an outline of the diagnostic and treatment modalities.
Reversal and Reinitiation of Anticoagulation
  • Free-to-Member
  • Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
  • 2.00 ABIM MOC Self Evaluation Points
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$95.00
Anticoagulation therapy is associated with increased risk of bleeding, including intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, which occurs in up to 7% per patient years with an estimated overall mortality rate of 9%.[1] Additionally, urgent surgery with increased bleeding complications in patients on oral anticoagulation appears to be common but has not been well studied. [2] In this module, we review strategies to manage potentially life-threatening ICH and GI bleeding and minimize the risk of bleeding with urgent surgery in patients on oral anticoagulation.
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Surgical Patients
  • Free-to-Member
  • Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
  • 2.00 ABIM MOC Self Evaluation Points
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$95.00
Prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), together referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), must be addressed for every patient going to the operating room. Multiple guidelines are available to assist choosing the correct prophylactic agent for each patient and type of surgery. The American College of Physicians (ACCP) guidelines have been one of the standards for hospitalist for decades but was last updated in 2012 (1) and recommendations and suggestions are based on the type of surgery. The American Society of Hematology (ASH), which put forth their first guideline in this field in 2019 (2), took a broader and slightly more universal approach to prevention strategies. The authors of this module bring forth a blended approach of these two guidelines with an emphasis on the newer guideline.

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