Improving Patient Outcomes Through a
Comprehensive Blood Gas Test Menu

Dinner will be served

Part I:
Reduced ventilator days and improved patient
outcomes through ionized magnesium monitoring

Hypomagnesemia is a highly prevalent and important, but under diagnosed, electrolyte abnormality that affects 24-59% of ICU patients.1 It increases the need for ventilatory support by 26-44%.1,2,4 Magnesium (Mg) therapy guided by real-time, serial ionized magnesium (iMg) measurement has been shown to improve patient outcomes.3,5

This discussion will explore the connection between hypomagnesemia and increased requirements for ventilator support and demonstrate why iMg is a better clinical indicator than Mg for guiding therapy.

Presenter
Bogdan Milojkovic, MD, Global Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Nova Biomedical

Part II:
Role of a comprehensive blood gas critical care test menu
in treatment of critically ill patients – best practices

Patients in the critical care, surgical or emergency departments require rapid testing and quick turnaround time that the central lab often cannot accommodate. A broad blood gas critical care profile performed on a blood gas analyzer provides the fast and accurate diagnosis necessary when treating critically ill patients. Learn how one hospital – a 1,000-bed tertiary hospital recognized by U.S. News and World Report in its 2019 Best Hospitals ranking – improved patient care, workflow, and training by standardizing on a comprehensive, critical care blood gas platform for surgery, ED, and multiple ICUs.

Presenter
Virgil Stubbs, BS, BA, CLS, MT, RPFT
Former Manager of Respiratory Care Services, Tampa General Hospital

Date and Time
Location
Educational Credits
Nov 10, 2019
6 PM
National WWII Museum
945 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA
1 contact hour CRCE
continuing education credits

1. Limaye CS et al. J Assoc Physicians India 2011;59:19-22.
2. Kumar S et al. J Clin Gerontol Geriatr 2016;7:104-108.
3. Charles BS et al. J Assoc Physicians India2016;64(11):15-19.
4. Safavi M et al. Middle East J Anaesthesiol2007;19(3):645-660.
5. Wilkes NJ. et al. Anesth Analg 2002;95:828-834.

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