Response Editor”s Note: In the Winter issue of the Newsletter, a letter writer inquired, “Is there currently a consensus regarding when anesthesia machines become outdated, obsolete, or unsafe and, therefore,…
Unlike the other piped medical gases which are typically delivered to hospitals in cylinders, medical air is most often manufactured on-site. This is accomplished by pulling outside air into a…
In mid-March 1996, the Associated Press reported on four deaths in a Texas hospital. The initial report attributed the deaths to contaminated oxygen. The A.P. release was not picked up…
To the Editor I read the Winter, 1995-96, Newsletter with interest, particularly about the presentations by Drs. Pierce and Siker. Some years ago, Professor Paul Star, in his book on…
To the Editor I write in response to the letter from Frances E. Noe and William E. Farrant in the Winter, 1995-96, APSF Newsletter titled “Is Low Flow Really Safe?”…
To the Editor We found Dr. Casey Blitt’s letters regarding the use of 5% lidocaine for single injection spinal anesthesia provocative.(1,2) However, Dr. Blitt ignores data that prompted this reply….
To the Editor No current consensus exists regarding when to replace an aging anesthesia machine. Each institution must examine the anesthesia machines presently in use and then decide in what…
To the Editor This is a response to Dr. Gerald G. Pousho’s “Letter to the Editor” (APSF Newsletter, Winter 1995-96) concerning obsolescence of anesthesia machines. Anesthesia equipment, contrary to automobiles…
To the Editor In reporting a case of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema related to difficult intubation (and extubation with laryngospasm), Ohn describes the several theses about its cause.(1) He mentions the…
To the Editor Dr. Phoebe Leith’s letter published in the Spring 1996 issue of the Newsletter, reminds me that “the more things change, the more they remain the same.” Some…
Founding Patron* American Society of Anesthesiologists Grand Patrons American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Glaxo Wellcome Company Hewlett Packard Company Ohmeda, Inc. Preferred Physicians Mutual Risk Retention Group Nellcor Puritan Bennett…
In the list of Officers, Directors, and Committee Members published in the Winter issue of the APSF Newsletter, the name of Ms. Adrienne C. Lang was accidentally omitted from the…
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, 1996.
The opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation or its members or board of directors. Validity of opinions presented, drug dosages, accuracy and completeness of content are not guaranteed by the APSF.
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.
John H. Eichhorn, M.D., Editor; David E. Lees, M.D., Associate Editor; Stanley J. Aukburg, M.D., Jan Ehrenwerth, M.D., Ralph A. Epstein, M.D., Nancy Gondringer, C.R.N.A., Robert C. Morell, M.D. Jeffery S. Vender, M. D., Gerald L. Zeitlin, M.D.,
Editorial Assistant: Nola Gibson, Ph.D.
