#475 Perioperative Update with Dr. Avital O’Glasser
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
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 Learn when to hold ACE inhibitors, how to manage OSA without delaying surgery, and why "NPO after midnight" is outdated.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
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- 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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