Newsletter :
October 2021 Featured Articles
Perioperative Hypotension
When patients reach the postanesthesia care unit after undergoing major noncardiac surgery, families assume they have naturally survived the most dangerous part of the perioperative experience. Their assumption is wrong…
Pulse Oximeters: The Invention That Changed the Paradigm of Patient Safety Around the World – A Japanese Perspective
I am from a generation that experienced anesthesiology before the development of pulse oximeters. I was studying abroad in North America from 1973–1977, when Takuo Aoyagi, PhD, envisioned the principle of pulse oximetry…
A 20/20 View of Ophthalmic Anesthesia: A Reflective Lens Aimed to Envision the Future
Ophthalmic anesthesia dates to 1884 when ophthalmologist Karl Koller first introduced the use of cocaine as a local anesthetic for ophthalmic surgery. The retrobulbar blockade was first described by…
Popular APSF Articles
Past Year
All Time
- Managing Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs) During Perioperative Care 35036 Views
- Medical Air 30746 Views
- Intralipid Treatment of Bupicavaine Toxicity 30270 Views
- Anesthesia Safety Always an Issue with Obstructive Sleep Apnea 29392 Views
- The Low-Pressure Alarm Condition: Safety Considerations and the Anesthesiologist’s Response 27094 Views
- Take an Aspirin and I’ll (Safely) Put You On-Call to the OR in the Morning 25800 Views
- Postpartum Peripheral Nerve Injuries – What is Anesthesia’s Role? 4934 Views
- Practice Considerations for the Anesthesia Professional for Methamphetamine Substance Use Disorder Patients 4314 Views
- Perioperative Hypotension 3988 Views
- Vaccine Safety: The Benefit-Risk Ratio 3545 Views
- The APSF Revisits Its Top 10 Patient Safety Priorities 2437 Views
- Primum Non Nocere But What Happens Next? 2398 Views