AUTHORS: Elmi-Sarabi, Mahsa MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 282-294, February 2023. BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are major complications in cardiac surgery. Intraoperative management of patients at high risk of RV failure should aim to reduce RV afterload and optimize RV filling pressures, while avoiding systemic hypotension, to facilitate weaning […]
Read MoreAuthors: Luke S. Janik, MD; Samantha Stamper, MD; Jeffery S. Vender, MD, MCCM; Christopher A. Troianos, MD, FASE, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 3 • October 2022 Reprinted from Anesthesia & Analgesia, June 2022 • Volume 134 • Number 6, pages 1192–1200, with permission from International Anesthesia Research Society. Professional titles and nomenclature were standardized […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shauna Schwartz, DO; Yong G. Peng, MD, PhD, FASE, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023 The information provided is for safety-related educational purposes only, and does not constitute medical or legal advice. Individual or group responses are only commentary, provided for purposes of education or discussion, and are […]
Read MoreAuthors: George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA, CPE, MSBA et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023 A CASE VIGNETTE After hearing the overhead page for emergency anesthesia help, an anesthesia professional rushed to the operating room with an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) case in progress. On arrival, she noted an […]
Read MoreAuthors: Khoa Tran, MD; Ashraf Sedra, MD; Joseph Szokol, MD, JD, MBA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023 INTRODUCTION It has now been over 20 years since the Institute of Medicine published the paradigm-changing report “To Err is Human,” which concluded that as many as 98,000 deaths occurred in hospitals each […]
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