Safety Status, Future Explored by Directors
E. C. Pierce, Jr., M. D.In October at the APSF Annual Session preceding the ASA meeting, the first retreat for the Board of Directors was held, with a total of some 50 people attending. The…
Articles
“Vigilance” Discussed by ASA Panel
David W. Edsall, M.D.The topic of ‘vigilance’ was directly addressed for the first time at the 1992 ASA Annual Meeting by a panel of experts on vigilance from the anesthesia and psychology academic…
Danger Seen Possible from Contaminated Medical Gases
Ervin Moss, M.D.; Fred Evans; Pete WinboumeIntroduction… Scattered reports describing particulate matter in gas pipelines and potential bacterial contamination of medical air prompted the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation during its October, 1992 annual meeting to request…
World Congress Considers Quality of Anesthesia Care
Gerald L. Zeitlin, M.D.The Panel on Anesthesia Audit at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists at the Hague provided the audience with interesting differences in attitude. In the United States, audit is called quality…
ICPAMM Session Focuses on Anesthesia Crisis Management
Editor’s Note: Presented here is the second half of an article begun two issues ago reporting on the meeting of the International Committee on Preventable Anesthesia Mortality and Morbidity last…
Letters to the Editor
Pulmonary Edema After Appendectomies Poses Puzzle
Lowell Garner, M.D.To the Editor We would greatly appreciate any expert commentary on a distressing situation we have encountered in our practice. At the very least, we would like to know whether…
Recovering CRNA Disputes Writer’s Idea that Past Abusers Should be Feared, Identified
To the Editor I would like to respond to Mary Locke’s letter in the winter APSF Newsletter, concerning substance abusers “being allowed to continue to administer anesthetics…”. As a recovering…
OR Noise a Problem; Standards Sought
Steven S. Kron, M.D.To the Editor I would like to recommend that the APSF encourage the establishment of standards for noise levels in the OR. Common sense would dictate that excessive extraneous noise…
Need for FiO2 Monitor Strongly Defended
Wes SimpsonTo the Editor I am writing in response to the letter of Jurgen Link which appeared in Volume 7, No. 2, Summer 1992 Newsletter, page, 19. A properly functioning, correctly…
FiO2 Monitor Still Has Important Role
J.C. Otteni, M.D.To the Editor I am pleased to offer the following answers to Dr. Link’s stimulating educational questions, published in APSF Newsletter, Summer 1992, page 19, concerning the benefit of the…
Keep Both the Oxygen Analyzer and Pulse Oximeter
Clayton Petty, MDTo the Editor Dr. Jurgen Link asks the value of the in-line oxygen analyzer compared to pulse oximetry in the APSF Newsletter, Summer 1992. Legal consequences are not to be…
On supplemental O2 During MAC
Stephen R. Shuput, M.D.To the Editor Each month we care for 75-100 patients having cataract surgery under M.A.C. at our surgical center. Before we had SaO2 monitors available, we used the anesthesia circuit…
More on FiO2 Monitor vs. Pulse Oximeter
Judith T. Hutchinson, M.D.; Elizabeth Lee, M.D.To the Editor In response to the letter by Jurgen Link, “What is Value of FiO2 Monitoring Compared to Pulse Oximetry?” (APSF Newsletter, Summer 1992, P.19), we would like to…
Suction Of C02 Suggested as Needed as Well as Nasal 02 During Cataract Surgery
Wes SimpsonTo the Editor I am writing in response to the letter from Doris M. Penndorf, CRNA (Volume 7, No. 2, page 19). Several years ago we purchased a similar device…
Fan Used Under Cataract Drape
Brian J. Pollard, M.D.; Janis Shaw, M.D.To the Editor We are stimulated to respond to a letter appearing in a recent APSF Newsletter, (1992, volume 7, page 19), entitled “Supplemental oxygen for M.A.C. cases: Is it…
Announcements
Notes
Correction… The APSF and the APSF Newsletter regret failing to list two committee members in the Winter issue annual listing of all those contributing to the APSF effort. Dr. Ervin…
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter is the official publication of the nonprofit Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and is published quarterly at Overland Park, Kansas. Annual membership: Individual $25.00, Corporate $500.00. This and any additional contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible. © Copyright, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, 1993
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APSF Executive Committee:
Ellison C. Pierce Jr., M.D., President; Burton A. Dole, Jr., Vice-President; David M. Gaba, M.D., Secretary; Casey D. Blitt, M.D., Treasurer; E.S Siker, M.D.; Executive Director; Robert C. Black; Robert A. Caplan, M.D.; Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D.; Joachim S. Gravenstein, M.D.; W. Dekle Rountree, Jr.
Newsletter Editorial Board:
John H. Eichhom, M.D., Editor; David E. Lees, M.D. and Gerald L. Zeitlin, M.D., Associate Editors; Stanley 1. Aukburg, M.D. Jan Ehrenwerth, M.D., Nancy Gondringer, C.R.N.A.; Jeffrey S. Vender, M. D., Ralph A. Epstein, M.D., Mr. Mark D. Wood.
Editorial Assistant Nola Gibson, Ph.D.
