In this interprofessional conversation, expert faculty discuss evidence supporting quantitative neuromuscular monitoring (NMM) versus qualitative NMM, which quantitative monitors are available in the U.S., and evidence/guidelines supporting monitoring preferences. NMM and complete neuromuscular blockade (NMB) reversal in patients at high risk for residual NMB (rNMB), including elderly and obese patients, will also be discussed.
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SPEAKERS
Rachel C. Wolfe, Pharm.D., M.H.A., BCCCP, is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist of Perioperative and Surgical Critical Care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She is also Adjunct Clinical Instructor for the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Goldfarb School of Nursing and St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Dr. Wolfe earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Master of Health Administration degree from Webster University, also in St. Louis. She completed her residency training at University of Kentucky HealthCare, and she is board certified in critical care.
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Deborah Wagner, Pharm.D., FASHP, is Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor. Dr. Wagner earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University Of Michigan College Of Pharmacy. She is a fellow of ASHP.
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Glenn Murphy, M.D., is an anesthesiologist at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Previously, he was the Jeffery S. Vender Chair of Anesthesiology Research and Education and Director of Cardiac Anesthesia and Clinical Research at NorthShore University HealthSystem, a hospital affiliated with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Hahnemann University and completed an anesthesiology residency at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois. He is Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology and Board Certified in intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
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This podcast is provided by ASHP and supported by Merck.
