From the University of Pittsburgh Anesthesiology Perioperative Update Series. Review of Regional Anesthesia: Updates, Perioperative Aspects, and Management focuses on perioperative multimodal analgesia including perioperative considerations, informed consent for peripheral nerve blocks, and local anesthetics and their systemic toxicity. Lecturers in the online CME program also focus on the blocks themselves, including ultrasound anatomy of the upper and lower extremities, thoracic and abdominal nerve blocks and epidural analgesia.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Learn pharmacology of medications used for regional anesthesia
• Learn various nerve blocks and anatomic applications
• Learn management of regional anesthesia including complications, limitations and toxicity

Intended Audience

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, intensivists and perioperative medicine specialists.

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