APSF News & Updates
Watch the 2025 APSF Stoelting Conference Livestream on “Transforming Maternal Care: Innovations and Collaborations to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality”
September 3, 2025
The conference explores groundbreaking practices and interdisciplinary strategies to reduce risks and improve outcomes for mothers receiving anesthesia care…
Anesthetic Considerations for the Management of Patients with Anterior Mediastinal Mass
September 2, 2025
Anesthetic management of an anterior mediastinal mass (AMM) is challenging, with its rarity adding complexity to the study of evidence-based management. The potential for airway and cardiovascular compromise and collapse leading to…
Undetected Airway Filter Obstruction Causes Difficult Ventilation: A Case for Manual Circuit Checks
August 20, 2025
This case report presents a case of difficult ventilation after induction of general anesthesia that was caused by a plastic obstruction in an anesthesia circuit filter, which was not detected during…
Patient Safety with a Transient Workforce: Navigating the Terrain of a Locum Tenens-Driven World
June 30, 2025
Ensuring patient safety is critical to successful perioperative care. Even in the best of conditions, however, it is challenging to maintain systems and processes that ensure the highest quality care. Leaders in anesthesia often also face…
Suzetrigine Drug-Drug Interactions: Perioperative Anesthesia Considerations to Enhance Patient Safety
June 16, 2025
Pain management for surgical patients remains a critical challenge, especially in the context of an ongoing opioid epidemic. Opioids have long been the cornerstone of perioperative analgesia, but widespread use has contributed to…
Capitol Hill Briefing: Enhancing Patient Safety with Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring
June 10, 2025
Watch the APSF livestream of the Tuesday, June 10, 2025 briefing on Capitol Hill with Members of Congress, healthcare professionals, and patient safety advocates discussing the urgent need to safeguard patients through Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring during surgery.
