NEWSLETTER

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Also In This Issue:

• Q&A: "Cross-Contamination Via
  Anesthesia Equipment?"
• Dear SIRS: "Fluid Warmers Interfere With ECG"
  

• APSF Donors
• Corporate Advisory Council

Letters to the Editor:

• Lower Limit of Cerebral Autoregulation Questioned
• Hydrostatic Gradient is Important—Blood Pressure Should be Corrected
• A Few Suggestions for Reduction of Medication Errors
• In a Specified Context, Ketamine is Non-Adrenergic and Provides Preemptive Analgesia
• Reader Notes Uncommonly Large Dose of Glycopyrrolate

APSF NEWSLETTER

The Official Journal of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletteris the official publication of the nonprofit Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and is published quarterly in Wilmington, Delaware. Annual contributor cost: Individual–$100, Corporate–$500. This and any additional contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible.  © Copyright, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, 2009.

The opinions expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. The APSF neither writes nor promulgates standards, and the opinions expressed herein should not be construed to constitute practice standards or practice parameters. Validity of opinions presented, drug dosages, accuracy, and completeness of content are not guaranteed by the APSF.

APSF Executive Committee:

Robert K. Stoelting, MD, President; Nassib G. Chamoun, Vice President; Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD,  Executive Vice President; George A. Schapiro, Executive Vice President;  Matthew B. Weinger, MD,  Secretary; Casey D. Blitt, MD, Treasurer; Sorin J.  Brull, MD; Robert A. Caplan, MD; David M. Gaba, MD;  Lorri A. Lee, MD;  Robert C. Morell, MD;  Michael A.  Olympio, MD; Richard C. Prielipp, MD; Steven R. Sanford, JD; Mark A. Warner, MD.  Consultants to the Executive Committee:  John H. Eichhorn, MD; Patricia A. Kapur, MD.

Newsletter Editorial Board:

Robert C. Morell, MD, Editor; Lorri A. Lee, MD, Associate Editor; Sorin J. Brull, MD; Joan Christie, MD; Jan Ehrenwerth, MD; John H. Eichhorn, MD; Steven B. Greenberg, MD; Rodney C. Lester, PhD, CRNA; Glenn S. Murphy, MD; Karen Posner, PhD; Andrew F. Smith, MRCP, FRCA; Wilson Somerville, PhD; Jeffery Vender, MD.

Address all general, contributor, and subscription correspondence to:

Administrator, Deanna Walker
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Building One, Suite Two
8007 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46217-2922
e-mail address: walker@apsf.org
FAX: (317) 888-1482

Address Newsletter editorial comments, questions, letters, and suggestions to:

Robert C. Morell, MD
Editor, APSF Newsletter
c/o Addie Larimore, Editorial Assistant
Department of Anesthesiology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
9th Floor CSB
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1009
e-mail: apsfeditor@yahoo.com