This course equips nurse anesthesiologists to confidently manage patients with asthma and COPD throughout the perioperative period, from nuanced preoperative risk stratification to tailored intraoperative ventilation strategies and vigilant postoperative care. You’ll learn how to optimize bronchodilator and corticosteroid therapy, choose and adjust anesthetic techniques to minimize dynamic hyperinflation and bronchospasm, and apply evidence-based strategies to reduce complications such as atelectasis, pneumonia, and exacerbations of obstructive lung disease.