Authors: Jonathan M. Tan, MD, MPH, MBI, FASA; Maxime P. Cannesson, MD, PhD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023 INTRODUCTION Anesthesiology as a specialty has a long history of innovation in technology development linked to improvements in patient safety. However, the speed of technological development in the past 20 years has […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Alalade, Emmanuel MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 308-316, February 2023. BACKGROUND: Chronic opioid use among adolescents is a leading preventable public health problem in the United States. Consequently, a sizable proportion of surgical patients in this age group may have a comorbid opioid use disorder (OUD). No previously published study has examined the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Elmi-Sarabi, Mahsa MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 282-294, February 2023. BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are major complications in cardiac surgery. Intraoperative management of patients at high risk of RV failure should aim to reduce RV afterload and optimize RV filling pressures, while avoiding systemic hypotension, to facilitate weaning […]
Read MoreAuthors: Luke S. Janik, MD; Samantha Stamper, MD; Jeffery S. Vender, MD, MCCM; Christopher A. Troianos, MD, FASE, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 3 • October 2022 Reprinted from Anesthesia & Analgesia, June 2022 • Volume 134 • Number 6, pages 1192–1200, with permission from International Anesthesia Research Society. Professional titles and nomenclature were standardized […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shauna Schwartz, DO; Yong G. Peng, MD, PhD, FASE, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023 The information provided is for safety-related educational purposes only, and does not constitute medical or legal advice. Individual or group responses are only commentary, provided for purposes of education or discussion, and are […]
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