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New! CCAS ACHD SIG Rounds: Adult Congenital Heart Disease and the Pregnant Patient – Risk Stratification and Management

Adult Congenital Heart Disease and the Pregnant Patient – Risk Stratification and Management
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
6:00 – 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US)

CLICK HERE to register!

MODERATORS:

Andrea K. Girnius, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology; University of Cincinnati

Pablo Motta, MD Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine

SPEAKERS:

Anna Ray, MD Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; Instructor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Katherine L. Zaleski, MD Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professior of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

At the completion of this Session, attendees will be able to:

Review the physiological changes of pregnancy with particular attention to the cardiovascular system.
Understand risk stratification in pregnant patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD).
Learn to anticipate and address common cardiovascular complications in pregnant ACHD patients.
Explore the role of a Maternal Heart Team in optimizing maternal and fetal outcomes for patients with ACHD.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session with individual Zoom link.

New Global Health Committee

This newly minted committee is dedicated to promoting the field of congenital cardiac anesthesia worldwide, especially in areas of greatest need through educational programming, cross-national research endeavors, and hands-on care. P

Please contact Richard Hubbard, MD, Chair of the Global Health Committee, if you are interested in joining at [email protected].

CCAS 2024 Summer Newsletter Now Available!

The Summer 2024 issue of CCAS E-News is now available online. Please click HERE to view the new issue.

Highlights include:

Leadership Messages
Annual Meeting Session Reviews
Committee & SIG Updates
Spotlight on a Researcher – Dr. Laura Downey
Medical Student’s Perspective
CCAS-ChiP Network Journal Watch Collaboration
Challenging Case
Artistry in Medicine

If you have any ideas for articles or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

Read and enjoy.
Anne Elisa Cossu, MD, MS, FASA
Editor

CCAS 2025 Annual Meeting – Call for Abstracts

The CCAS Pediatric Anesthesiology 2025 Meeting Call for Abstracts is now active on the CCAS website. Please click here to start the abstract submission process.

Before you start the submission process, please review the Abstract Preparation and Submission Guidelines. And be sure to read all instructions carefully. Additional resources may be found under the Research Resource Tab on at https://ccasociety.org/research-resources/.

If you wish to submit an abstract for the CCAS 2025 Annual Meeting, please read the information to determine the abstract types/topics that will be considered. If you submit an abstract that is not eligible for one of the meetings, it will be rejected immediately.

The abstract submission deadline is Friday, November 15, 2024 at Noon EST. No abstracts will be accepted after this date, no exceptions. Click here to start the submission process.

If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact Kim Battle at [email protected] or Jenny Patterson at [email protected] or via telephone at (804) 282-9780.

NEW! CCAS Quality & Safety Committee Cognitive Aids

Cognitive aids are designed to prompt users to complete a series of tasks and can take many different forms. We have designed a series of cognitive aids for congenital cardiac anesthesia for common and uncommon scenarios to try to capture experience and wisdom not published elsewhere. Congenital cardiac anesthesia involves taking care of very complex patients in many rare and challenging scenarios. Each individual cardiac anesthesiologist may only experience one or two of these emergency situations in a career. And for individuals who are training, our colleagues starting out in practice, or for those who have a low patient volume of cardiac anesthesia this resource may be invaluable. However, for even the most experienced amongst us, it can be helpful to review these aids to ensure that nothing has been forgotten. These cognitive aids are meant as a supplement to good clinical decision making, existing knowledge, and local experience. We encourage you to use them and to help us grow this resource over time. We have tried to be as accurate and complete as possible. However, if you notice any omissions or inaccuracies, please let us know so we can update the cards accordingly.

Thank you for downloading these cards. We encourage you to print, laminate, and post these in your operating rooms, cardiac cath labs, and other areas where you take care of patients with congenital heart disease.

CLICK HERE to access the aids. Member login is required.

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