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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Battling Medical Misinformation: An Important Patient Safety Issue for Health Care Professionals

Authors: George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA; Raymond Malapero, MD, MPH, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 40, No. 1 • February 2025  PREVALENCE OF MEDICAL MISINFORMATION Medical misinformation can have a profound impact on perioperative patient safety. With users numbering in the billions, platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
The Association of Fructose Metabolism With Anesthesia/Surgery-Induced Lactate Production

AUTHORS: Zhang, Lei MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(3):p 710-722, March 2025. BACKGROUND: In elderly individuals, excessive lactate levels in the brain may be associated with the development of cognitive impairment after surgery, including delayed neurocognitive recovery (dNCR). Since the origin of this increased lactate is unknown, here we assessed associations between metabolic pathways […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Characterization of Speech and Language Deficits in the Postanesthesia Care Unit: A Novel, Qualitative Cognitive Assessment

AUTHORS: Ahmed, Meah T. BS-BME et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(3):p 655-664, March 2025. BACKGROUND: Assessing recovery after general anesthesia is complicated because patients must be sufficiently arousable to pay attention to the verbal instructions probing cognitive function. All delirium screens that have been used in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) rely heavily on a patient’s […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Intraoperative Anesthesia-Related Critical Events in Low-Resource Hospitals During Short-Term Surgical Missions in Tanzania and Democratic Republic of the Congo

AUTHORS: Ponthus, Simon MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(3):p 646-654, March 2025. BACKGROUND: Critical incidents and mortality related to anesthesia are more frequently observed in low- and middle-income countries in comparison to high-income countries. The difficulties linked to anesthesia in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Tanzania have limited documentation. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 March, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
2024 President’s Report: Improving Patient Care in Perioperative Medicine Continues as Our Purpose.

Author: Dan Cole, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation  Volume 40, No. 1 • February 2025  Recent data continue to confirm the epidemic of preventable harm in American health care. In 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a report titled “Adverse Events in Hospitals: A Quarter of Medicare Patients […]

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