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AUTHORS: Luke S. Janik, MD et al 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 and modified within the text consistent with APSF policy. In this Pro-Con […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Elmi-Sarabi, Mahsa MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 15, 2022 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 from […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA, CPE, MSBA et al Anesthesia Safety Patient Foundation Volume 37, No. 3 October 2022 SUMMARY: The use of the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) as an intensive care unit (ICU) is a decision that can be made to accommodate overflow patients that require critical care. There are numerous risks and […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: David E Arnolds, MD, PhD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 3 • October 2022 Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a catastrophic complication unique to the obstetric patient characterized by acute cardiovascular collapse and a profound coagulopathy.1 While AFE is rare, with an incidence of 1–2/100,000 pregnancies, it is associated with a mortality or […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Molly Kraus, MD; Karl Poterack, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 3 • October 2022 In May of 2022, a former Vanderbilt nurse was convicted of gross neglect of an impaired adult and criminally negligent homicide for the death of her patient in 2017. While she had intended to give her patient midazolam […]
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