Wednesday, November 20, 2024
7 PM ET

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This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society. You may claim a maximum of 1 hour (credits are automatically calculated). 

In this Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) session participants will be provided with a typical community setting case of a 4-year old child of African descent scheduled for elective ambulatory adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) complicated by a recent "cold", a history of stable asthma with eczema and who is nervous to go into the OR. The facilitated discussion will capture: 

After participating in this PBLD, participants will be able to: 

1. Preoperative: Assessment, optimization and disposition planning; 
​2. Intraoperative: Airway management and analgesia including opioid sparing and opioid free approaches;
3. Postoperative: monitoring and risks for unanticipated admission.  

The session will include a 5-question pre/post test and relevant references will be provided.  

Fee:
Members: $45
Non-Members: $75
 

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Facilitator: Dr Kimmo Murto 
Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute 

Kimmo Murto is a pediatric anesthesiologist and an Associate Professor of the University of Ottawa Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. He practices at the Ottawa Children's Hospital of Eastern (CHEO) and he is a Tier-2 level researcher associated with the CHEO Research Institute. He is the CHEO-site Director of Research, past Hospital Medical Director for Strategy and Performance and the founding past Chair and current member of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) pediatric committee which is affiliated with the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia. His research interests include the perioperative care of children undergoing AT, developing clinical prediction/decision making tools, managing massive hemorrhage and technology to provide value-added healthcare service delivery. He is the lead author of Chapter 33: Otorhinolaryingologic Procedures in the soon to be published 7th edition of "A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children" textbook edited by CJ Cote, J Lerman and BJ Anderson.