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AUTHORS: Kato, Meredith A. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(2):p 383-391, August 2023. BACKGROUND: The Pediatric Anesthesia COVID-19 Collaborative (PEACOC) is a research network to advance the care of children during the pandemic. Here we calculate the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among children undergoing anesthesia, look at prevalence in the population data from […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Epstein, Richard H. MD, FASA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(2):p 306-312, August 2023. BACKGROUND: In a recent study, rapid response team implementation at 1 hospital was associated with only a 0.1% reduction in inpatient mortality from 2005 to 2018, characterized in the accompanying editorial as a “tepid” improvement. The editorialist postulated that an increase […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Uffman, Joshua C. MD, MBA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(4):p 882-886, October 2023. BACKGROUND: The number of adolescents and adults identifying as trans or gender-diverse is increasing. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and “other” (LGBTQ+) population is recognized as a marginalized health care population. This retrospective study sought to investigate demographic trends in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patrick Guffey MD, MHA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 Issue 1 INTRODUCTION TO ANESTHESIA INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM (AIRS) The Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) was created specifically to detect rare and novel adverse events that occur in national health care systems in the perioperative period. Events may encompass equipment malfunctions, medication errors, and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fuller, Skylar L. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia July 14, 2023. BACKGROUND: Global medical education is gradually moving toward more comprehensive implementations of a competency-based education (CBE) model. Elimination of standard time-based training and adoption of time-variable training (competency-based time-variable training [CB-TVT]) is one of the final stages of implementation of CBE. While […]
Read MoreAuthors: George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA, CPE, MSBA et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 Issue 1 A CASE VIGNETTE After hearing the overhead page for emergency anesthesia help, an anesthesia professional rushed to the operating room with an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) case in progress. On arrival, she noted an asleep patient […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fletcher, Calvin M. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia July 21,023. BACKGROUND: Platelet transfusion is common in cardiac surgery, but some studies have suggested an association with harm. Accordingly, we investigated the association of perioperative platelet transfusion with morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from the Australian […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhou, Dan MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia July 21, 2023. BACKGROUND: Emergence agitation (EA) is an adverse complication during early recovery from sevoflurane anesthesia. Continuous intravenous infusion of dexmedetomidine (DEX) is commonly used for EA prevention. However, a wide dose range is used for preventing EA, and the optimal dose remains unknown. This […]
Read MoreAuthors: Khoa Tran, MD; Ashraf Sedra, MD; Joseph Szokol, MD, JD, MBA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 Issue 1 INTRODUCTION It has now been over 20 years since the Institute of Medicine published the paradigm-changing report “To Err is Human,” which concluded that as many as 98,000 deaths occurred in hospitals each year due […]
Read MoreAuthor: Paul A. Lefebvre, JD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 Issue 1 INTRODUCTION With advancements in minimally invasive procedures and a desire to meet the needs of an ever-changing patient population, anesthesia professionals are increasingly asked to provide services outside the traditional operating room environment.1,2 Our medical professional liability company is actively monitoring claim frequency […]
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