Authors: Avery Tung, MD, FCCM; P. Allan Klock, Jr., MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vo; 40 No 3 Oct 2025 Summary:Airway management has advanced significantly in the past 30 years, with modern tools like video laryngoscopy (VL), supraglottic airways (SGA), and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) improving outcomes. However, safety challenges remain—especially outside the operating room—due […]
Read MoreAuthors: Starnes, Joseph R. et al. Anesthesiology, August 29, 2025. DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005738 This prospective study investigated how skin tone affects the accuracy of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurements in children undergoing cardiac catheterization. Although prior evidence shows that pulse oximetry tends to overestimate oxygen saturation in patients with darker skin tones, the influence of skin pigmentation […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rosà, Tommaso et al. Anesthesiology, September 15, 2025. DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005677 This study evaluated the recruitment-to-inflation ratio (R/I) as a bedside method to estimate lung recruitability during general anesthesia. Because patients vary in how their lungs respond to positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), an individualized approach to setting PEEP could prevent both atelectasis and overdistension. The […]
Read MoreAuthor: Erica Cerutti Becker’s Clinical Leadership A customized, team-based strategy significantly reduced unnecessary pre-operative testing for common elective surgeries, according to a new study led by researchers at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine. The intervention, called Right-Sizing Testing Before Elective Surgery, or RITE-Size, was piloted at three hospitals. It focused on reducing low-value testing for patients undergoing gallbladder removal, hernia […]
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