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Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Dear Editor: HEPA Filters. Do We Really Know Enough? The global crisis due to COVID-19 has permeated every aspect of our healthcare systems. Concerns about biohazard of (SARS-CoV-2), spread and contact transmission to patients, healthcare personnel, environment and equipment have been widespread, especially with regards to procedures that generate aerosols (AGP’s).1-3 Transmission […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rene’ M. Gonzalez, M.D.; John J. Schaefer III, M.D. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation In the preceding Letter to The Editor of this publication, one of the authors communicated the concept of using an already widely available, ultra-high-efficiency-filtered operating room device, the Surgical Smoke Evacuator (SSE), placed near the patient’s face and airway, to divert […]
Read MoreDG Alerts A study published in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences suggests that immunosuppressive therapy use did not make patients with autoimmune neurological disorders (aNMD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) more vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “Overall, our findings largely reinforce the proposed guidelines by the expert communities where current immunosuppressive therapy (with a few exceptions) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alan Condon Becker’s Spine Review Researchers from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery are using a novel method for evaluating bone density that may be able to more accurately predict which patients would have poor outcomes after spinal fusion. Endocrinologist and bone specialist Emily Stein, MD, led the study with spine surgeons Han Jo […]
Read MoreAuthors: Danielle Levin, MD; Jorge Fleisher, MD; Michael Schoor, MD; Satrajit Bose, MD; Mark Lovich, MD, PhD; Hans P. Van Lancker MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation SUMMARY:As of July 2020, there have been over 3.1 million people diagnosed with COVID-19 and over 132,000 deaths in the United States. It is widely known that screening and […]
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