The new scenarios in anesthesia procedures in critically ill patients motivate us to propose new training programs that meet the real needs of experienced professionals, so that they can incorporate advances in cardiothoracic anesthesia management into their medical practice”

This postgraduate certificate offers specialists a global and updated vision of the perioperative management of patients undergoing thoracic surgery. It includes an exhaustive selection of the most frequent procedures, as well as the most complex ones, which require constant updating. 

Furthermore, among other new aspects, these stand out: preoperative evaluation, nutritional and hematometric optimization of the patient, perioperative rehabilitative physiotherapy, and new transfusion management and blood saving policies, as well as advances in monitoring such as transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, new pulse wave analysis systems, target-guided fluid therapy, or monitoring of acute hemostasis disorders through thromboelastometry.

The program also covers the most important aspects of new drugs, cardiac transplantation management, anesthetic management without extracorporeal circulation, multimodal management of cardiac surgery, adapted to the new minimally invasive surgical approaches, as well as management of cardiac transplantation, ventricular assists of notable importance at present and with a highly relevant role in the future.

We address Thoracic Anesthesia through the important advances that have taken place in the last decade. Aspects related to preoperative preparation, new criteria for resectability-operability, one-lung ventilation, different modalities of ventilatory assistance and lung protection, as well as management of cardiac transplantation, echocardiographic pulmonary monitoring, and advances in the field of post-thoracotomy pain.

You will be able to learn, through the latest educational technology, the most recent advances in Thoracic Anesthesia”

This postgraduate certificate in Thoracic Anesthesia is the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the course are:

• Clinical cases presented by specialists in anesthesiology and other areas. The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Real high-resolution images of pathologies, diagnostic imaging tests and guided procedures
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures and techniques
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations
• All this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate certificate may be the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge of Thoracic Anesthesia, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Technological University”

The teaching staff is made up of a team of leading anesthesiologists, who bring to this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists in other medical areas.

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide the physician with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

Problem-Based Learning underpins this program design, and the specialists must use it to try and solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the course. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of psychology with extensive teaching experience.

Incorporate the latest developments in Thoracic Anesthesia to your medical practice and improve patient prognosis"

It includes real clinical cases to bring medical practice as close as possible to the development of the program"

The main objective is to facilitate the incorporation of advances in Thoracic Anesthesia, so that specialists can update their knowledge in a practical way, using the latest educational technology and adapting the educational process to their real needs.

This refresher program will provide you with the skills to act safely in decision making during procedures in Thoracic Anesthesia, and will help you grow professionally”

General Objective

• Update specialist physicians on the procedures and techniques performed in Thoracic Anesthesia, incorporating the latest advances to increase the quality of their daily medical practice and improve patient prognosis

Specific Objectives

• Review updates on pulmonary pathophysiology applied to cardiac surgery. Alterations in "ventilation/perfusion", dead space in one-lung ventilation, and hypoxic vasoconstriction
• Consider pre-anesthetic assessment in patients with pulmonary pathology. Perioperative Risk Estimation. Optimize preoperative tests
• Analyze the preoperative optimization for patients proposed for pulmonary resection
• Discuss the knowledge of advanced hemodynamic monitoring devices: Pulse wave analysis systems. Cerebral oximetry
• Assess the indications for transthoracic echocardiography. Basic planes and anatomical identification of normal and abnormal structures
• Question applicability in thoracic surgery procedures. Indications and Contraindications
• Know the new fluid policy. Restrictive vs. liberal fluid therapy. Scientific evidence of the advantages and disadvantages
• Propose new lung protective ventilation strategies in one-lung ventilation
• Pathophysiology, prophylaxis and treatment of acute lung injury
• Determine the peculiarities of the VAD protocols in thoracic surgery
• Evaluate the methods of lung isolation in VAD in thoracic surgery
• Reflect on the action protocol for VAD in thoracic surgery
• Describe the application of NIV in thoracic surgery. Indications and Contraindications
• Update on analgesia methods in thoracic surgery
• Consider the prophylaxis, management, and diagnosis of cardiovascular complications after pulmonary resection surgery
• Analyze the preoperative evaluation in tracheal surgery. Anesthetic management according to the tracheal location of the surgery. Postoperative Care
• Reflect on the indications for thoracic surgery in spontaneous ventilation. Scientific evidence of the advantages and disadvantages. Peculiarities of anesthetic management
• Recognize the new Multimodal Rehabilitation protocols in thoracic surgery. Inclusion criteria. Properative evaluation. Postoperative care
• Inquire into the updated anesthetic management in endobronchial interventionism
• Updated review of perioperative management of lung transplantation. Anesthetic implications and postoperative care

Seize the opportunity and take the step to get up-to-date on the latest developments in Thoracic Anesthesia”