APSF News & Updates
APSF Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center
January 27, 2021
The APSF and ASA are coordinating their efforts to provide anesthesia professionals with the most current information on caring for COVID-19 patients. View articles, media & guides, FAQs, helpful links and more…
Failure of Central Line One-Way Valves upon Pulmonary Artery Catheter Removal
March 9, 2021
Dear Rapid Response: At our institution, we routinely use pulmonary arterial catheters (PAC) to assist in the management of critically ill and complex cardiothoracic surgery patients. On two occasions over…
New Funding Cycle for Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Grants
March 8, 2021
During the 2021-2022 cycle the Committee for Scientific Evaluation (SEC) received 28 letters of intent (LOI) for investigator initiative research (33 LOIs in the previous cycle). Four were submitted by…
In Honor of Dr. Takuo Aoyagi: Pioneer of Pulse Oximetry Remembered
March 8, 2021
In the early 1970s, Takuo Aoyagi, Ph.D., an electrical engineer for the Nihon Kohden Company in Japan, discovered that pulsatile changes in oxygen saturation could be used to develop ratios…
APSF Statement on Pulse Oximetry and Skin Tone
March 2, 2021
On December 17, 2020, Sjoding et. al. published a retrospective analysis of pulse oximetry (SpO2) data from two patient cohorts indicating that in some patients, occult hypoxemia was…
Jeffrey Feldman, M.D., APSF Board Director and Chair of the Committee on Technology, Receives the 2021 J. S. Gravenstein Award
February 17, 2021
Jeffrey Feldman, M.D., APSF Board Director and chair of its Committee on Technology, received the 2021 J. S. Gravenstein Award from the Society of Technology in Anesthesia. This award is…
Venous Air Embolism During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
February 2, 2021
Venous Air Embolism Leading to Cardiac Arrest during Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography A 40 year-old male patient with a history of prior pancreaticoduodenectomy sustained an intra procedural cardiac arrest during a…