APSF News & Updates
Reducing Risk of COVID-19 Transmission: Combining a Surgical Smoke Evacuator Plus a Plastic Drape to Increase the Effectiveness of Reducing Aerosolized and Airborne Load Produced by Intubation and Extubation
August 25, 2020
In the preceding Letter to The Editor of this publication, one of the authors communicated the concept of using an already widely available, ultra-high-efficiency-filtered operating room device…
Surgical Smoke Evacuators as a Method for Reducing Risk to Personnel of COVID-19 During Endotracheal Intubation and Extubation
August 25, 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, anesthesia providers, intensive care unit and emergency room staff, and other health care workers (HCW’s) often find themselves in close proximity…
Right Case, Right Patient, Right Place- A Case Report Applying the Office-Based Anesthesia Curriculum in a Complex Patient during the COVID-19 Crisis
August 4, 2020
One of the primary factors for improved safety of office-based anesthesia is the clinical decision-making to determine appropriate selection of patient, procedure, anesthetic and…
Concerns with Perioperative Testing for the COVID-19 Virus
July 30, 2020
We read with enthusiasm the timely press release: The ASA and APSF Joint Statement on Perioperative Testing for the COVID-19 Virus. The authors recommend that patients should…
Apixaban (Eliquis®) – Drug-Drug-Interaction Considerations in COVID-19 Patients with Coagulation Abnormalities
July 29, 2020
One of the most concerning developments in the ongoing and devastating worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is the emergence of serious and even life-threatening thrombotic complications…
Patient Safety should be the first priority in any healthcare setting, especially during a pandemic. But is it?
July 27, 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented and being such, it is ushering in change and requiring us as a nation to think on our feet and make things up as we go. Hospitals as a whole have heightened scrutiny…