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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Patient Safety Structural Measure: An Overview for Anesthesia Professionals

Authors: Patricia A McGaffigan, MS, RN, CPPS; Jonathan B. Cohen, MD, MS, FASA, CPPS Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 40, No. 2 • June 2025 THE PATIENT SAFETY STRUCTURE MEASURE Patient harm continues to occur in hospitalized patients, with at least one adverse event occurring in almost 24% of admissions.1 Recognizing this, the Centers for Medicare & […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Postoperative Apnea and Former Preterm Infant: Evolving Evidence for Management

Authors: Ying Eva Lu-Boettcher, MD et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 40, No. 2 • June 2025 Infants born at gestational age < 37 weeks are categorized as premature or preterm.1 Apnea of prematurity is defined as a respiratory pause for more than 15–20 seconds, or shorter respiratory pauses accompanied by oxygen desaturation or bradycardia (heart […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Association Between Arterial Hyperoxia and Mortality in Pediatric and Adult Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

AUTHORS: Gu, Wan-Jie MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(6):p 1367-1376, June 2025. BACKGROUND: In patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support, the association between arterial hyperoxia and outcomes is unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the association between arterial Po2 (Pao2) and mortality in patients with ECMO. METHODS: The meta-analysis followed […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
The New Old Solution: Whole Blood for Nontraumatic Hemorrhage

AUTHORS: Dudaryk, Roman MD*; Meizoso, Jonathan P. MD, MSPH, FACS†; Schreiber, Martin A. MD, FACS, FCCM‡ Anesthesia & Analgesia 140(6):p 1359-1362, June 2025. Nearly 2 decades have passed since the hemostatic resuscitation concept revolutionized the management of hemorrhagic shock. Pioneered by the US military during combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, this strategy pivoted from […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Why ASC-anesthesia communication must be tighter than ever

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesia’s success in hospitals can create dangerous assumptions in the ASC, and Jeff Tieder, CRNA, clinical assistant professor of the nurse anesthesia concentration at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, joined Becker’s to discuss why boundaries matter. As procedures increasingly shift from hospitals to ASCs, Mr. Tieder shares how communication breakdowns […]

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