What is a seminar
The Association is the UK’s leading provider of postgraduate education for all pathways into Anaesthesia. The Association’s seminar programme features leading experts in anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine presenting the latest information and thinking on a variety of key anaesthesia topics. Our seminars are designed to focus on a specific field of interest within anaesthesia and help to build on specialist interests. They offer an intimate learning environment, with a maximum of 50 delegates attending each. Keeping the numbers low encourages delegate and faculty interaction.
About this seminar
Focused
Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is valuable when unexplained
life-threatening circulatory instability persists despite corrective therapy.
When
available, Focused TOE examination should be considered, in non- cardiac
surgery procedures, when patients are at increased risk of hemodynamic instability
or ischemia. The increased risk of cardiac instability is either due to the
nature of surgery (significant blood loss/fluid shifts including but not
limited to liver transplant, other major abdominal surgery, redo major joint replacement)
or due to major surgery in the presence of significant comorbidity like
valvular or ischemic heart disease.
In
this context TOE can be used as an additional monitor and point-of-care tool
for real-time answers.
The practitioner needs to weigh the potential added value of fOE against the known
risks of TOE. The intended risks and benefits should be explained to the
patient and explicit consent for fOE should be gained.
Intended audience
Aimed at anaesthetists with an interest in Focused Transoesophageal echocardiography. Consultant anaesthetists, trainee anaesthetists, SAS anaeathetists.
Learning objectives
Coming soon.
Sponsors and exhibitors
N/A
Programme topics and speakers
Organiser: Dr Antonio Rubino, Cambridge
Programme will be included in the 'key details' section shortly. Highlights of the programme coming soon.