In the Literature
Keep up to date with the latest in patient safety with summaries of the best medical journal articles from the APSF Newsletter Editorial Board.
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Summary Published: August 9, 2022
Most modern anesthesia workstations can display ventilator pressure and volume waveforms. These waveforms can be extremely useful to the anesthesia professional to detect and/or diagnose pulmonary and ventilator problems. In…
Summary Published: July 28, 2022
Gabapentin is the tenth most prescribed medication in the United States. The majority of gabapentin prescriptions are written for off label indications, such as fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome, bipolar disorder,…
Summary Published: June 11, 2022
Related Editorial: Ludbrook G, et al. Improving safety and outcomes in perioperative care: does implementation matter? Brit J Anaesth 2022;128:747-751. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.01.026 National patient safety guidelines were developed in the…
Summary Published: June 11, 2022
Participants from 6 Canadian medical schools comprising of 67 medical students, 62 internal medicine or emergency medicine residents, 61 internal medicine or emergency medicine attendings were randomized to either early…
Summary Published: June 7, 2022
In this article, the authors report a case series of 23 total patients, 5 patients from the author’s institution and 18 other cases found in the literature, who received andexanet…
Summary Published: June 7, 2022
The literature on extubation strategies among pediatric patients with difficult airways is scarce and limited to unsuccessful extubations in the PICU. In this educational review, the authors discuss the causes…
