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Summer 2008 Newsletter

3rd Annual SPAQI Meeting

It is with deep sorrow that we inform everyone of the recent passing of one of our Governing Board members:

Shukri F. Khuri, MD: Former Chief of Surgery; VA Boston Healthcare System;
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Click for his obituary.

The newest SPAQI newsletter is now available in the members-only section!

Members please login to view these pages. If you are not a member: Join now, pay dues on-line via credit card, create your own password and you'll have instant access to this and prior Newsletters and the other features in the members-only section including Published Guidelines, Selected Articles, Links and the Forums.

Highlights from the Newsletter:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; A Neglected Preoperative Cardiac Risk Factor and the Impact of Beta Blockers and Statins on Outcome

by: Yvette van Gestel, M.Sc. and Don Poldermans, M.D., Ph.D., F.E.S.C.

COPD is associated with long-term all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients undergoing vascular surgery. The use of beta-blockers and statins during the perioperative period is associated with improved 30-day and long-term survival in patients with and without COPD. The findings of this study suggest that these medications are useful (and safe) in COPD patients who undergo vascular procedures.


Ambulatory Surgery: Who Gets In?

by: Thomas W. Cutter, M.D., M.A.Ed.

Selecting a patient for an ambulatory procedure is a dynamic process.  Selection is a complex process and depends on the facility, the personnel, the procedure, and the patient. This article reviews each of these categories to offer guidance to the clinician so they can construct a unique and thoughtful method for selection of each patient.

Join us for the 3rd annual meeting!

The brochure is now available for the annual meeting to be held in conjunction with the University of Miami and the Cleveland Clinic at the 4th Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, February 5-7, 2009.
Click HERE for the brochure.

Dues-paid physician/CRNA/student/resident members get a $50 discount off the registration fee.

Dues paid nurse/NP/PA members get a $125 discount off the registration fee.

SPAQI Governing Board members will participate at the meeting in these lectures:

Cardiac Risk Stratification for Non-Cardiac Surgery: Update from the 2007 ACC/AHA Guidelines {Lee A. Fleisher, MD}

Debate: Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy for Non-Cardiac Surgery: Yes or No? {Don Poldermans, MD, PhD}

Statins and Non-Cardiac Surgery {Don Poldermans, MD, PhD}

Preoperative Evaluation and Cost-Effective Lab Testing
{David L. Hepner, MD}

Perioperative Management of Warfarin and Antiplatelet Therapy for
Non-Cardiac Surgery {Amir K. Jaffer, MD}

Problem-Based Postoperative Pain Management {Darin J. Correll, MD}

Challenging Perioperative Cases {Bobbie Jean Sweitzer, MD}

Quality Improvement 201: Making your QI Work Publishable
{Andrew Friedrich, MD}

Panel Discussion: Preoperative Clinics: Nuts and Bolts
{Angela M. Bader, MD, MPH and Bobbie Jean Sweizer, MD}

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There is a forum in the members-only section that is meant to facilitate communication between members on any topic related to perioperative medicine. Please view, reply and post frequently to the forum in order to make this a valuable benefit for all members.

 



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