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The Critical Care CME Program is the third CME program to be offered in the CSA Bulletin and online. It will consist of eight modules, with one module published in each of the CSA Bulletin issues starting with Spring 2008 and continuing through Winter 2010.

Nitin Shah, M.D., is the editor and chair of this program. Dr. Shah is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Neuroanesthesia at UC Irvine, Orange, California. He is also the Chief, Combined ICU, at Long Beach Veterans Healthcare System in Long Beach, California.

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Modules
Critical Care Module 1 - Click here to begin this learning activity.

Reducing Catheter-Related Infection
© Copyright 2008 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved.

Author: Michael A. Gropper, M.D., Ph.D., FCCM, and John Taylor, M.D.

Critical Care Module 2 - Click here to begin this learning activity.
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
© Copyright 2008 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved. 

Author: Nitin Shah, M.D., and Co Truong, M.D.

Critical Care Module 3 - Click here to begin this learning activity.
Tight Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients
© Copyright 2008 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved.

Author: Kerstin Kolodzie, M.D., Maria Wittmann, M.D., and Christian C. Apfel, M.D., Ph.D.

Critical Care Module 4 - Click here to begin this learning activity.

Sepsis Bundles Including Early Goal-Directed Therapy
© Copyright 2008 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved.

Author: Scott Ahlbrand, M.D., and Fred Mihm, M.D.

Critical Care Module 5 - Click here to begin this learning activity.

Newer Ventilatory Modes and Strategies, including Low Tidal Volume for ARDS and non-ARDS Patients
© Copyright 2009 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved.

Author: Matthew Harris, M.D., and Maria E.F. Schier, M.D.

Critical Care Module 6 - Click here to begin this learning activity.

Ethical, Legal and Clinical Aspects of End-of-Life Care
© Copyright 2009 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved.  

Author: Elizabeth Cordes Behringer, M.D.

Critical Care Module 7 - Click here to begin this learning activity.

Acute Renal Failure
© Copyright 2009 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved.

Author: Michelle Braunfeld, M.D., and Anahat K. Dhillon, M.D.

Critical Care Module 8 - Click here to begin this learning activity.

ICU Sedation
© Copyright 2009 California Society of Anesthesiologists. All rights reserved. 

Author: Nitin Shah, M.D., and Levina Tran, M.D.