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Author: Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP In February 2018, the APSF Board of Directors voted on a series of perioperative patient safety topics to focus the Foundation’s attention on developing priorities for research, education, and practice innovations. This list follows a tradition dating back to 1999, the first time that the APSF published patient safety priorities.1 The […]
Read MoreAuthors: Marianne Myhre, M.D. et al Anesthesiology October 17, 2018. What We Already Know about This Topic: Perioperative administration of pregabalin has been associated with decreased postoperative pain and opioid requirements What This Article Tells Us That Is New: This secondary analysis of data demonstrating that perioperative administration of pregabalin was associated with a reduction in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ahmed M. Hasanin, M.D., D.E.S.A. et al Anesthesiology October 17, 2018. What We Already Know about This Topic: Hypotension after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery is common, usually treated with phenylephrine or ephedrine Norepinephrine was recently introduced in obstetric anesthesia but the optimal dose is unknown What This Article Tells Us That Is New: This […]
Read MoreBy Allen Cone A study found hospital bedsheets cleaned in commercial washing machines with industrial detergent at high disinfecting temperatures failed to remove all traces of a bacteria that causes infectious diarrhea. Hospital bedsheets cleaned in commercial machines with industrial detergent at high disinfecting temperatures failed to remove all traces of a bacteria that causes […]
Read MoreAuthors: Gerald P. Rosen, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 11 2018, Vol.129, 1049-1050. To the Editor: As anesthesiologists, it is encouraging that recent attention has been paid to airway management improvements in and out of the operating suites. Our goals of positive patient safety outcomes have led to many recent airway management publications. The most recent of […]
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