FactFinders CME: Risks of Precipitate Formation When Combining Corticosteroids with Local Anesthetic for Use During Interventional Pain Procedures

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Myth: Corticosteroids can be mixed with local anesthetics for injection during interventional spine procedures without concern for adverse consequences due to the interactions between two agents combined for injection.

Learn about the facts surrounding this myth and the best practices to support safe performance of interventional pain procedures in your practice.

Credit CME:0.5

Tag(s) Patient Safety

FactFinders CME: Risks of Precipitate Formation When Combining Corticosteroids with Local Anesthetic for Use During Interventional Pain Procedures

Description

You will be awarded CME credit after passing the post-test with a score of 80% or higher and will receive three attempts to pass the post-test. After three attempts without passing, the fee paid for the activity will be forfeited and no CME credit will be awarded. Before submitting the test, there is a review screen for you to review your answers before submitting each attempt.

CME Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Price: Members $24.95; Fellows/Residents $9.95; Non-members $49.95

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify best practices to ensure patient safety during interventional spine procedures, and
Cite the evidentiary basis for risk mitigation strategies in the safe performance of interventional pain procedures.

Authors
Wade King MMedSc MMed; Zachary L. McCormick, MD; and Clark C. Smith, MD, MPH on behalf of the Spine Intervention Society’s Patient Safety Committee.

Author Disclosures
All individuals in control of content have disclosed the following financial relationships. All of these relationships were reviewed, and all conflicts of interest have been resolved (C7 SCS 6.1-6.2, 6.5). No Financial Relationships to Disclose.

King, Wade:

Any position in a healthcare, medical, or physician society/association (committee, board, workgroup/taskforce, etc.): Medical Advisory Committee, Mayo Private Hospital, Taree, Australia
Service as a consultant, expert witness, speaker, or author: Author of 2 chapters in Bonica's Pain Management

McCormick, Zachary L.

Any position in a healthcare, medical, or physician society/association (committee, board, workgroup/taskforce, etc.): American Academy of Pain Medicine Research Committee.
Grant and research support:Research grant: Foundation of PM&R, Midwest Pain Society research grant, SIS research grant.

Smith, Clark C.:

No financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial Support
No commercial support was received for this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Spine Intervention Society (SIS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
SIS designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Method of Physician Participation
Each participant will read the FactFinder and will answer post-test questions. A score of at least 80% is required to pass and receive CME credit.

Copyright
Materials presented in this activity have been made available by the Spine Intervention Society for educational purposes only. We reserve all rights to such material.

Date of Activity Release: 10/25/2019

Date of Activity Expiration: 10/24/2022

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