Authors: Ying Eva Lu-Boettcher, MD; Rahul Koka, MD Anesthesia Safety Patient Foundation Volume 39, No. 3 DEFINITION AND RATES A medication error is “a failure in the treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the patient.”1 In general, perioperative medication errors are under-reported. Rates of medication errors are difficult […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sun-Kyung Park, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology October 2024. Background Electroencephalogram burst suppression can be associated with postoperative delirium; however, the results of relevant studies are discrepant. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the association between intraoperative burst suppression and postoperative delirium in adult surgical patients. Methods PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, Google Scholar, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Fu-Shan Xue, M.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2024, Vol. 141, 1022–1023. To the Editor: By conducting a monocentric, randomized, controlled, assessor- and patient-blinded clinical trial of 136 patients who underwent major surgery, Léger et al. compared the effects of opioid-free anesthesia and standard anesthesia protocols on the quality of recovery assessed by the Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Yuki Kuruma, MD Anesthesia Safety Patient Foundation Volume 39, No. 3 DEAR RAPID RESPONSE: In 2013, my colleagues and I reported a case of hypoventilation to the APSF Newsletter due to a massive leak from a defective Drägersorb disposable absorbent canister (CLIC®) (Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, Germany), which was replaced during surgery while using the Fabius […]
Read MoreWe are seeking a dedicated anesthesia care team to join our new anesthesia care team contract at Riverview Regional Medical Center. Gadsden is a town of over 100,000 people that is located 1 hour from Birmingham AL and 2 hours from Atlanta GA. Position Highlights: Anesthesiologist call is 1:3 Competitive salary of $500,000 plus benefits. […]
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