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Authors: Emery H. McCrory, MD; Jennifer M. Banayan, MD; Paloma Toledo, MD, MPH Anesthesia Patient Safety Foudation Postpartum peripheral nerve injuries occur in approximately 0.3–2% of all deliveries. The majority of nerve injuries are attributed to intrinsic obstetric palsies secondary to compression or stretch of the nerve during delivery; however, the possibility that neuraxial anesthesia/analgesia […]
Read MoreAuthor: Steven Greenberg, MD, FCCP, FCCM Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation In 2018 the APSF Board of Directors (BOD) voted on its top perioperative patient safety priorities. This list was generated from a combination of a review of the most current literature, submissions to the APSF Newsletter, and expert opinions from the multiprofessional representatives of the BOD. Since […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ronald S. Litman, DO, ML, Medical Director, ISMP Anesthesia Patieint Safety Foundation The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP.org) receives thousands of medication error reports through their voluntary practitioner online reporting system. By this mechanism, ISMP compiled a list of important medication errors and hazards during 2020, most of which are of interest to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sarah K. Pierce, CRNA; Gary E. Machlis, PhD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation SUMMARY:Difficult airway events are common and can have significant consequences for patient safety. A difficult airway response program developed at Johns Hopkins Hospital was adapted to the resources and needs of a small regional hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The adoption and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jeffrey Feldman, MD; Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Pulse Oximeters are Important for Keeping all Patients Safe On December 17, 2020, Sjoding et al. published a retrospective analysis of pulse oximetry (SpO2) data from two patient cohorts indicating that in some patients, occult hypoxemia was not detected when compared to paired oxyhemoglobin […]
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