Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) 6th Annual Meeting

Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) 6th Annual Meeting is organized by Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) and would be held during Oct 20 - 21, 2016 at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The Target Audience for this Medical Event are Anesthesiologists, Critical Care Physicians, Residents, Fellows - Intraining, General Medicine Physicians, Pulmonary Physicians, Sleep Medicine Physicians, Surgeons, Scientists and Allied Health Care Professionals. This CME conference has been approved with 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Program Objectives :
The objective of this meeting is to provide a forum for discussions pertaining to the common grounds between sleep and anesthesia. The goal is to promote excellence in medical care, research and education in anesthesia, sleep medicine and perioperative medicine.

Learning Objectives :
• Discuss preoperative considerations and management in special situations like restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy and insomnia.
• Explore alternative therapies to positive airway pressure and the changing landscape of noninvasive ventilation.
• Discuss anesthetic risks for neuraxial opioids in parturients with sleep-disordered breathing undergoing labor epidural and/or cesarean section, as well as for parenteral opioids in nonobstetric surgery in the obstetric patient.
• Examine European perspectives in management of sleep-disordered breathing.