The State of the APSF Annual Message
Robert K. Stoelting, M.D.The year 1998 represented my first year as President of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and the first time since the formation of the APSF that this “annual state…
Editorial
Articles
Exhibits at ASA Reflect Diverse Safety Concerns
John H. Eichhorn, M.D.Patient safety issues were again prominent in the Exhibit Hall at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists held in Orlando in October. Among the Scientific Exhibits,…
ASA Meeting Features Patient Safety Topics in Many Scientific Sessions
Patient safety was prominently featured in several scientific sessions at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) in Orlando in October. Interested readers can review abstracts 1172-1244…
APSF Awards Two 1999 Research Grants
Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D.The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation announced two research grant awards for 1999 at its Annual Meeting in October in Orlando. In this, the 13th year of the APSF grants program,…
The Low-Pressure Alarm Condition: Safety Considerations and the Anesthesiologist’s Response
David T. Raphael, M.D., Ph.D.Introduction The complexity of the modern anesthesia machine, with its numerous components and accessory attachments, is such that multiple factors can lead to a loss of pressure within the breathing…
Announcements
APSF Seeks Grant Requests; Award Increased to $65,000
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation announces the deadline of June 14, 1999, for receipt of applications for research grants to start January 1, 2000. Note: grants are limited to newly…
A Statement by the Executive Committee of the APSF
From time to time, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation reconfirms its commitment of working with all who devote their energies to making anesthesia as safe as humanly possible. Thus, the…
Zeneca, Hewlett-Packard, and Dr. Gibson Thanked
The APSF Newsletter was extremely fortunate in 1998 to experience a remarkably smooth nearly seamless transition to its new production location in Wilmington, Delaware, under the sponsorship of Zeneca, Inc….
ASA Patient Safety Videotapes Listed; Requests Go Directly to Glaxo-Wellcome
For nearly a decade, one source of anesthesia patient safety information has been a series of video productions jointly conceived and produced by the ASA Committee on Patient Safety and…
Membership Changes On The Apsf Board Of Directors
The following individuals have joined the APSF Board of Directors for 1999, as noted on page 43 of this edition: Ruben G. Derderian, President & CEO of North American Drager;…
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Officers, Directors, and Committees, 1999
Executive Committee Robert K. Stoelting, M.D. APSF President Indiana University Indianapolis, IN Burton A. Dole, Jr. APSF Vice-President Pauma Valley, CA David M. Gaba, M.D. APSF Secretary Stanford University Palo…
APSF Addresses JAMA
Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD[Editor’s Note: Reprinted here is a letter submitted to the Journal of the American Medical Association by the Executive Director of the APSF in response to a major editorial regarding…
APSF Corporate and Community Donors
Corporate Donors Founding Patron American Society of Anesthesiologists Grand Patron Abbott Laboratories Aspect Medical Systems Astra Pharmaceuticals, L.P. Datex-Ohmeda Glaxo Wellcome Inc. Hewlett-Packard Company Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc. Neurex Corporation Preferred…
Current selections from the APSF Newsletter now appear in Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
Editors:
J.M. Feldman, MD, J.S. Gravenstein, M.D., Coordinating Editor, I. Kalli, MD