Grants

Previous Sponsored APSF Research

2003 Grant Recipients

• Ken B. Johnson, MD
  Exploration of Partial Task and Variable Priority Training to Improve Management of Adverse Respiratory Events: An Enhanced Approach to Didactic and Simulation-Based Training for Anesthesia Residents.
• Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, PhD
  Development of Molecular Diagnosis for Malignant Hyperthermia.

Earlier sponsored research

• Post-Op Mortality Studied in APSF Sponsored Research
  (Dr. Lichtor was a recipient of an APSF Research Grant in 1987)
• Prototype Workstation Has 'Expert Alarm'; Computer Finds Error, Flashes Warnings
  (Dr. Westenskow was a recipient of an APSF Research Grant in 1987)
• Canadian 4-Center Study Targets Patient Outcome
  (Dr. Cohen was a recipient of an APSF Research Grant in 1987)
• URI and Perioperative Desaturation in Children
  (Dr. Betts was a recipient of an APSF Research Grant)
• MN County Studied Intensely for Anesthesia Complications
  (Development of a population-based epidemiologic study of morbidity and mortality related to surgery and anesthesia was carried out with the funding from an APSF Research Grant)
• APSF Sponsored Simulator Research Aims at Reducing Errors
  
• Simulators Enter the PACU
  (Two teams developing anesthesia simulators at Stanford University and the University of Florida are now collaborating under a grant from the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation)
• Cause of CO Poisoning, Relation to Halogenated Agents Still Not Clear
  (Dr. Moon is a recipient of a 1993 APSF Research Grant)
• Sample Publications Resulting from APSF Grant-Supported Research More Than $1 Million in Grants Awarded in Seven Years
  
• How Does Night Call Affect Next-Day Performance in Anesthesia?
  (Dr. Lichtor was a recipient of an APSF Research Grant in 1993)
• Graphical Anesthesia Simulators Gain Widespread Use
  (Dr. Schwid is a 1990 APSF Research Grant recipient)
• A Vision of the Future of Perioperative Information Management
  (Some of the research upon which this paper is based was supported by grants from the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and HL64590)