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Guidelines and Advisories: Regional Analgesia for Truncal Surgeries

  • Claim Credits by 8/16/2029
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Credits Available: CME CME 2.5, UP TO 2.5 ABA PATIENT SAFETY CREDITS, UP TO 5 ABA MOCA QI POINTS
ASA recently completed a practice advisory on Regional Analgesia for Truncal Surgeries. To support implementation of the guidance provided in the advisory, ASA has developed a CME course highlighting procedure-specific regional analgesia guidance,...  Read More +



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The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ program and MOCA® are registered trademarks of The American Board of Anesthesiology®. MOCA 2.0® is a trademark of the American Board of Anesthesiology®.

This activity contributes to the patient safety component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

This activity contributes to the Quality Improvement (QI) component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®). Earn up to 5 points for completion of the activity.

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  • Create a comprehensive perioperative analgesia plan including regional analgesia techniques.
  • Select appropriate procedure-specific regional analgesia techniques.
  • Summarize barriers to adopting regional analgesia techniques.
  • List strategies to facilitate their implementation perioperatively.
Anesthesiologists, residents and fellows, medical students.
Edward Mariano, MD, FASA
Girish Joshi, MD, MB, BS, FCAI, FASA
Nabil Elkassabany, MD
Monica Harbell, MD,FASA
Jinlei Li, MD, PhD, FASA
Santhanam Suresh,        MD, MBA, FASA
Rebecca Johnson, MD, FASA
Paul Gallo, MD
The American Society of Anesthesiologists remains strongly committed to providing the best available evidence-based clinical information to participants of this educational activity and requires an open disclosure of any potential conflict of interest identified by our faculty members. It is not the intent of the American Society of Anesthesiologists to eliminate all situations of potential conflict of interest, but rather to enable those who are working with the American Society of Anesthesiologists to recognize situations that may be subject to question by others. All disclosed conflicts of interest are reviewed by the educational activity course director/chair to ensure that such situations are properly evaluated and, if necessary, resolved. The American Society of Anesthesiologists educational standards pertaining to conflict of interest are intended to maintain the professional autonomy of the clinical experts inherent in promoting a balanced presentation of science. Through our review process, all American Society of Anesthesiologists activities are ensured of independent, objective, scientifically balanced presentations of information. Disclosure of any or no relationships will be made available for all educational activities.
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