Authors: Dylan Irvine, BScH et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter Volume 37, No. 2 • June 2022 Introduction As of 2018, an estimated 9.5% of the United States adult population were cannabis users.1 This percentage has likely continued to increase with the use of both recreational and medicinal cannabis in the United States. The use of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mike Charlesworth and Andrew Klein #theanesthesiablog Despite several published guidelines recommending the use of peri-operative checklists, there is a paucity in reporting team adherence to checklist use. This new 5-year audit from Fuchs et al. aimed to report the adherence of anaesthesia providers to an anaesthesia pre-induction checklist. The checklist was to be undertaken before […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michael P. Puglia, II, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology July 2022, Vol. 137, 28–40. Background Functional connectivity in cortical networks is thought to be important for consciousness and can be disrupted during the anesthetized state. Recent work in adults has revealed dynamic connectivity patterns during stable general anesthesia, but whether similar connectivity state transitions occur […]
Read MoreAuthors: Yuichi Sakaguchi, M.D. et al Anesthesiology July 2022, Vol. 137, 15–27. Background The low acceptance rate of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in postoperative patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) indicates the necessity for development of an alternative postoperative airway management strategy. The authors considered whether the combination of high-flow nasal cannula and upper-body […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jeremy Laney, MD; Joseph W. Szokol, MD, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter Volume 37, No. 2 • June 2022 For the past 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has bequeathed a plethora of barriers and unleashed its desolation on nearly every person on the planet. Infections have surpassed 445 million globally along with an […]
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