American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
27th Annual Spring Meeting & Workshops
April 25-28, 2002
Sheraton Chicago Hotel
Chicago, IL

Problem Based Learning Titles (1 hour sessions)

Thursday, April 25, 2002 — 12 n (Includes Lunch)
A healthy 24-year old parturient presents in early labor. Will you offer a combined spinal-epidural technique?
Sumedha S. Panchal, MD; Cynthia A. Wong, MD

Can we provide aggressive analgesic therapy and still be reimbursed? Maximizing acute and chronic pain management reimbursement. Interpreting the new changes in billing and compliance. Incorporating data collection on hand-held devices.
Richard W. Rosenquist, MD; Hugh W. Allen, MD

You are called to provide anesthesia for a term mother whose BP is 160/112. What will you do?
Valerie A. Arkoosh, MD; José C.A. Carvalho, MD, PhD, FANZCA
A 4-year old child presents for excision of a renal mass via a flank incision. How will you handle her postoperative analgesia?
Patrick M. McQuillan, MD; Corrie T.M. Anderson, MD
A 73-year old woman with degenerative back pain presents to your clinic. What are the roles for oral analgesics, spinal cord stimulation, or alternative therapies?
Lynn M. Broadman, MD; F. Michael Ferrante, MD

A 45-year old woman is referred to the pain clinic with sympathetically mediated pain for an IV regional sympathetic block. What are the pros & cons of the alternative therapies?
James P. Rathmell, MD; Peter S. Staats, MD

A 27-year old man is scheduled for outpatient knee arthroscopy. Is there a place for regional anesthesia?
Joseph M. Neal, MD; Michael F. Mulroy, MD
Fast turnover, no pain, micturate, and get the heck out… Is regional anesthesia the answer?
Susan M. Steele, MD; Julia E. Pollock, MD
 
Saturday, April 27, 2002 — 12:00 n (Includes Lunch)
A 55-year old male presents with new onset back pain. How much work-up do you need to do prior to intervention?
John C. Rowlingson, MD; Richard W. Rosenquist, MD
Making the acute pain service work
May Chin, MD; Narinder A. Rawal, MD, PhD
Your hospital's chief of OB/GYN attributes a recent increase in cesarean sections to "anesthesia's early use of epidurals". How do you respond?
Mark C. Norris, MD; Holly Muir, MD
A 36-year old male is scheduled for calcaneal reconstruction. How will you manage anesthesia and analgesia?
Stephen M. Klein, MD; M.S. Batra, MD
A 24-year old athlete for distal radius repair develops ventricular fibrillation following an axillary block with 40 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine. Should we still be using bupivacaine for bolus dosing?
Roy A. Greengrass, MD; Denise J. Wedel, MD
A 35-year old male with multiple sclerosis and spasticity presents to your clinic? What treatments would you offer?
Peter S. Staats, MD; Douglas G. Merrill, MD

A 53-year old woman who underwent total shoulder replacement under combined general anesthesia and interscalene block now has
postoperative brachial plexopathy. Is it your fault?
Admir Hadzic, MD, PhD; James R. Hebl, MD

Teaching regional anesthesia—What works and what doesn't?
A. Robin Brown, MD; Joseph M. Neal, MD


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