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Mar 2025
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#475 Perioperative Update with Dr. Avita...

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
About this episode
2024 ACC/AHA guideline update, including biomarker testing, MINS, and other consulting tips

Master perioperative medicine! Learn when to hold ACE inhibitors, how to manage OSA without delaying surgery, and why "NPO after midnight" is outdated. We’re joined by Dr. Avital O’Glasser, our Chief of Perioperative Medicine!

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Show Segments

  • Intro
  • Case
  • Preoperative Assessment & Consulting Tips
  • Risk Calculators
  • Frailty
  • Pulmonary Considerations
  • Cardiovascular Meds & BP Management
  • NPO: Why Are We Still Doing This?
  • Biomarkers & Postoperative Risk
  • MINS
  • Outro

Credits


  • Written and produced, show notes, cover art, CME, and infographics: Paul Wurtz MD. 
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Reviewer: Molly Heublein MD
  • Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Technical Production: PodPaste
  • Guest: Avital O’Glasser MD

Disclosures

Dr. O’Glasser reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures. 

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