December 2002

2003 APSF Grant Recipients Named

December 10, 2002

This year two grants were selected for funding by the APSF Scientific Evaluation Committee (for names of committee members, please see page 67). As in previous years, the maximum award...

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Book Review: Anesthesiology Clinics of North America Anesthesia-Related Complications

December 10, 2002

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America Anesthesia-Related Complications Volume 20, No. 3 September 2002 W.B. Saunders Company This particular volume of Anesthesiology Clinics is devoted to a review of anesthesia-related complications...

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Concentrated Solutions Cause Concern

December 10, 2002

To the Editor An area of error prevention that might be addressed by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation concerns the accidental administration of concentrated and dangerous medications. The most widely...

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Beware of All Sedatives in Patients With Sleep Apnea

December 10, 2002

To the Editor We commend Dr. Lofsky on her article in the Summer 2002 APSF Newsletter regarding sleep apnea.1 As noted very appropriately, the sleep apnea syndrome patient’s problems do...

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OSA Protocol Promotes Safer Care

December 10, 2002

To the Editor Sleep apnea can be a complicating factor in the administration of anesthesia, and in the provision of pain relief perioperatively. This document is designed to outline an...

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Policies & Procedures Needed For Sleep Apnea Patients

December 10, 2002

To the Editor Recent articles in the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter strongly indicate that, at present, disastrous respiratory outcomes during the perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea...

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Ultrasound Guidance Should Not Be Standard of Care

December 10, 2002

To the Editor The “opinion” of Webster and Blitt in a recent APSF Newsletter mandating routine use of ultrasound (US) in guiding central venous access (CVA) was very disturbing.1 Recently,...

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AHRQ Responds: Promotes Beta-Blockade, Encourages Further Study

December 10, 2002

To the Editor The AHRQ Patient Safety Practices report, developed by the UCSF-Stanford Evidence-based Practice Center, found that the perioperative beta-blockade in appropriate patients was strongly supported by published evidence...

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Perioperative Beta-Blockade Requires Further Study – Not Standard of Care

December 10, 2002

To the Editor I would like to respond to Dr. Royster’s lead article published in the Summer 2002 APSF Newsletter, touting the potential benefit of perioperative beta-blockade.1 I agree that...

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Perioperative Beta-Blockade II: Practical Clinical Application

December 10, 2002

Although the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has identified perioperative beta-blockade to have sufficient clinical-based evidence to justify widespread implementation,1 the application of this recommendation to clinical practice...

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Virtual Anesthesia Machine Website Now Includes Chapter One of the APSF Anesthesia Machine Workbook

December 10, 2002

The Virtual Anesthesia Machine (VAM) program and APSF workbook were developed by Dr. Sem Lampotang, Ph.D. and can be found on the web at: www.anest.ufl.edu/vam. A link in the bottom...

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APSF Conference Highlights Practical Aspects of Anesthesia Information Systems

December 10, 2002

In endeavoring to advance the use of anesthesia information systems, the APSF sponsored a conference on October 11, 2002. Michael O’Reilly, MD, MS, from the University of Michigan, organized a...

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ASA Scientific Exhibits Continue Safety Themes

December 10, 2002

Presentations among the Scientific Exhibits at the ASA Annual Meeting included several with patient safety-related themes, mostly dealing with familiar topic areas. The recent widespread emphasis on risks to patients...

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Safety-Related Abstracts Prominent at Orlando ASA

December 10, 2002

Nearly 1400 abstracts were presented at the 2002 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in Orlando. During 6 poster sessions, more than 100 scientific papers were exhibited that related directly...

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President Reports on State of APSF

December 10, 2002

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

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AHRQ Report Increases Awareness, Sparks Controversy

December 10, 2002

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently published an important evidence-based report entitled Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. The text of this...

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Innovative Technologies Promote Patient Safety

December 10, 2002

Innovative applications of information technology can improve patient safety in the operating room. This was a theme throughout the commercial exhibit area at the annual meeting of the American Society...

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September 2002

APSF Grant Program Now Includes EC Pierce Research Award

September 10, 2002

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation is proud to announce that the APSF Scientific Evaluation Committee will designate one of the approved grant applications as the “Ellison C. Pierce Research Award.”...

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Book Review: Errors, Medicine and the Law

September 10, 2002

Book Review Errors, Medicine and the Law presents the knowledge and experience of its authors in an exploration of how mishaps occur and how people are held accountable for them....

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Communication Systems Support Terrorism Response

September 10, 2002

In this article, we will present an overview of work in progress on applied informatics necessary for a coordinated emergency response to attacks resulting from weapons of mass destruction (WMD)....

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