December 2006

Wisconsin Team Receives Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD, 2006 Best Scientific Exhibit Award

December 10, 2006

Dr. Richard Prielipp (far right), Chair of the APSF Committee on Education and Training, presents the Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD, Award for the Best Scientific Exhibit at the 2006...

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A Protocol for the Perioperative Management of Patients With Intracoronary Drug-Eluting Stents

December 10, 2006

History of Coronary Stents Since the introduction of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) by Gruntzig in 1977, major advancements have been made in the clinical practice of percutaneous coronary intervention...

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ASA Meeting Exhibits Feature Safety Themes

December 10, 2006

Anesthesia patient safety persisted as a prominent theme in the massive exhibit hall at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting October 12-18 in Chicago. Both the Scientific and Educational...

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Safety Abstracts Abound at 2006 ASA

December 10, 2006

Over 1000 abstracts were presented at the 2006 American Society of Anesthesiologist Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. This brief review will summarize a few of the key abstracts related to...

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Transparent Reality Simulation on the Web

December 10, 2006

The Virtual Anesthesia Machine (VAM) website has diversified and now offers other simulations in addition to those of the anesthesia machine and its pre-use check. The simulation portfolio at http://vam.anest.ufl.edu/wip.html...

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Grant Program Funds Five Awards

December 10, 2006

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is pleased to report that it continues to attract outstanding applications for funding. The educational focus of the APSF includes innovative methods of education...

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President Stoelting Summarizes the State of the APSF in 2006

December 10, 2006

As President of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), it is my privilege to report annually on the activities of the foundation during the past calendar year. I am pleased...

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Dangers of Postoperative Opioids

December 10, 2006

Executive Summary In response to concerns about the safety of the use of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in the postoperative period, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) held a workshop in...

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September 2006

Fatigue Still A Problem

September 10, 2006

To the Editor Bravo to Dr. Ellis for his remarks regarding fatigue and long work hours in the Fall 2004 issue of the newsletter. Now you even have to make...

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User-Friendly Alarms Needed

September 10, 2006

To the Editor While we all agree in principle that audible alarms should be used, the problems incurred by excessive false-positives cause many practitioners to shut them off. Especially for...

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Epidural Not the Only Option For Labor Pain

September 10, 2006

To the Editor I write to you not as an anesthesia professional, but as the wife of an anesthesia professional and one who has had 4 children. It has been...

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Overjet, Not Overbite is Correct Term

September 10, 2006

To the Editor I enjoyed reading the well written article by Craig Troop entitled “Difficult Intubation in the Obese Patient,” which appeared in the Winter 2005-2006 APSF Newsletter. In his...

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Return to Spontaneous Ventilation Can Be Life-Saving

September 10, 2006

To the Editor I read with considerable concern the article titled, “Difficult Intubation in the Obese Patient,” (APSF Newletter, Winter 2005-2006 Issue, Page 83). While it is true that positioning...

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Aims Should Not Distract

September 10, 2006

To the Editor With the increasing use of computerized anesthesia records, I feel it is time for some standards. Specifically, I believe the computer screen and mouse should be within...

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Lessons from “Can’t Intubate/Can’t Ventilate” Report

September 10, 2006

To the Editor Dr. C. Troop’s case summary of a “can’t intubate/ can’t ventilate” outcome in a morbidly obese patient reflects an event feared by all anesthesiologists.1 Tracheal intubation, initially...

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More Thoughts on Preventing Corneal Abrasion

September 10, 2006

To the Editor We also share concern regarding the potential for corneal injury in the perioperative period. We would like to add another possible mechanism of injury during minimally invasive...

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National Support Needed to Fight Production Pressures

September 10, 2006

To the Editor I am an ABA Certified Anesthesiologist with 15 years post-residency experience in community hospitals. I have become increasingly concerned with the matter of “production pressure.” If ever...

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Cardiac Arrest After Popliteal Block: Are There Any Safety Lessons to Be Learned?

September 10, 2006

To the Editor The APSF Newsletter has devoted 2 articles to a single case report of local anesthetic-induced cardiac toxicity after a single-injection popliteal block.1,2 Miraculously, the patient survived without...

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Calibration of Vaporizers

September 10, 2006

Numerous questions to the Committee on Technology are individually and quickly answered each quarter by knowledgeable committee members. Many of those responses would be of value to the general readership,...

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Is an In-line Oxygen Monitor Still Necessary

September 10, 2006

I am medical director of a free-standing surgery center. One of our anesthesia machines has a non-functioning O2 sensor. We have an older Ohmeda Excel 110. Our biomedical person claims...

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