Session Information
2010 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Inducing Therapeutic Hypothermia Following Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 260-L01
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Time: 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Location:
Platinum Ballroom 5, Anaheim Marriott
PRESENTER(S):
Jill Cwik
Allison Forni
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Allison Forni
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
- Analyze the role of medication monitoring and how it can be used to optimize medication therapy.
- Assess the role of hospital guidelines for the management of therapeutic hypothermia as well as the challenges of incorporating the guidelines into clinical practice.
- Evaluate various treatment modalities, as well as the alterations in pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of medications, that occur with cooling and re-warming.
- Formulate a patient specific therapeutic plan following resuscitation from cardiac arrest.
- Summarize the rationale for induced hypothermia, the pertinent published literature, and the pathophysiology behind the potential neuroprotective effects post-resuscitation.
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