Edward J. Bertaccini, M.D.

Dr. Bertaccini is Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Within the past 12 months, Dr. Bertaccini reports no commercial conflicts of interest.

Release Date: 01/15/2007
Termination Date: 01/15/2010

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, the participant should be able to:

• Describe a brief history of the study of anesthetic mechanisms, from lipid theories to more modern protein theories of anesthetic action
• Summarize the Meyer-Overton correlation and hypothesis, the exceptions to the Meyer-Overton correlation, the evidence for direct interactions of anesthetics with proteins
• Discuss the amphipathic nature of the anesthetic binding site identified within several protein complexes
• Discuss the theoretical construct of modern models of ligand-gated ion channels and their relationship to an anesthetic site of action.

 

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