APSF Newsletter, June 2024
Since the 1970s, the pulse oximeter (PO) has enabled noninvasive continuous assessment of arterial blood oxygenation as well as pulse rate. The pulse estimate is derived from…
APSF Newsletter, February 2024
Quantitative neuromuscular blockade monitoring (QNMT) is strongly recommended by the ASA and APSF and can be accomplished with several commercially available devices. The basic principle is…
APSF Newsletter, October 2023
Recently at our institution, toward the end of a laparotomy, a puzzling event occurred. As a radiofrequency detection wand (Medtronic Situate™ Detection System X, New Haven, CT ) was waved over the abdomen…
APSF Newsletter, October 2023
Intraoperative equipment failures are increasingly rare events, but may cause serious harm based on an analysis of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Closed Claims database…
Articles Between Issues:August 18, 2023
A 2-year-old undergoing dental rehab was intubated orally with a Covidien (Mansfield, MA) Shiley Hi-Lo Oral Tracheal 4.0 cuffed ETT. After confirmation of ETT placement, we attempted to adjust the leak to 20 cmH20…
APSF Newsletter, June 2023
A 57-year-old male underwent a robotic assisted ventral hernia repair under general endotracheal anesthesia. This was the first case of the day and the Avance CS2 (GE Healthcare, Chicago, IL) machine passed the automated check…
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