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To the Editor: In the February 2017 article entitled “The Anesthesia Professional’s Role in Patient Safety During TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement),1 Drs. Novak and Parulkar concisely elucidate a number of points in the care of TAVR patients. In particular, they present a thoughtful analysis of the current data on choice of anesthetic for these cases. […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tricia Meyer, PharmD Medication errors have been estimated to occur in approximately 5% of medication administrations during surgery with a large majority of them being preventable.1 High-quality evidence-based literature on preventative measures is limited. Medication utilization in the perioperative area is fundamentally different from the typical hospital patient care units. The anesthesia professional is the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Terri Lee Roberts, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC Safe injection practices are part of Standard Precautions, providing for patient safety and health care provider protections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), syringe reuse and misuse of medication vials over the past decade have resulted in dozens of infectious outbreaks and the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Semler MW et al., Chest 2017 May 6; In this study of intensive care unit patients, the ramped position did not reduce rates of desaturation, and it increased the difficulty of intubation. These authors performed a multicenter randomized trial to compare the ramped versus the sniffing position for intubating intensive care unit (ICU) patients. A total of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Josephine To, B.Pharm. et al Anesthesiology published on June 1, 2017. Background: Preoperative anemia is a significant predictor of perioperative erythrocyte transfusion in elective arthroplasty patients. However, interactions with other patient and procedure characteristics predicting transfusion requirements have not been well studied. Methods: Patients undergoing elective primary total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty at a tertiary […]
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