1 CDE/CME

SS04 - Mitigating Risk and Providing Anesthesia for the Medically Complex Patient

Saturday, October 2, 2021

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CDT

Location: 101 AB, Music City Center

Speaker(s)

Daniel J. Meara, DMD, MD, MS, MHCDS, FACS

Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Hospital Dentistry
Christiana Care Health System
Wilmington, Delaware

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Rajesh Gutta, BDS, MS

Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon
Medical Center Hospital
Midland, Texas

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Patients with complex medical history, such as obesity, and medically high-risk patients present as a challenge for the provision of office-based anesthesia. Coexisting illnesses also can complicate the provision of anesthesia in these groups. Few guidelines exist on the management of these special high-risk groups of patients for office anesthesia. This session will specifically address the concerns related to maintaining the airway, ventilation, choice of anesthetic agents, factors related to the physiology of drug metabolism and problems related to anesthesia provision in this group of patients.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

Describe the various patient groups who present as a challenge to provide office anesthesia.
Identify the high-risk patient for provision of office anesthesia.
Demonstrate appropriate anesthesia techniques for the described groups.