Conference Articles
Articles are accessible from UW computers, or from outside UW using off-campus access.
These articles are meant to provide access to current and historical literature on various topics related to anesthesia. Although I try to select articles that are relevant and useful, it is up to the reader to make the final determination of the validity of the conclusions presented.
The opinions expressed in the articles do not necessarily represent my views, or the views of the Department of Anesthesiology.
October 23, 2008
Drug Errors Redux
Hirabayashi Y, Seo N. Use of colored syringes reduces the incidence of syringe swap during anesthesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2005 May-Jun;30(3):310-1.
A. Abeysekera, I. J. Bergman, M. T. Kluger and T. G. Short Drug error in anaesthetic practice: a review of 896 reports from the Australian Incident Monitoring Study database Anaesthesia, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 220-227, Mar 2005.
L. S. Jensen, A. F. Merry, C. S. Webster, J. Weller and L. Larsson Evidence-based strategies for preventing drug administration errors during anaesthesia Anaesthesia, Volume 59, Issue 5, Page 493-504, May 2004
Checks of Emergency Airway Equipment
Retained Tourniquets
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority - Forgotten but not gone Tourniquets Left on Patients - Volume 2, No 2, June 2005
Blood Product Availability
Awareness Under Anesthesia
Spitellie PH, Holmes MA, Domino KB. Awareness during anesthesia. Anesthesiol Clin North America. 2002 Sep;20(3):555-570.
Healy B. Under anesthesia, yet aware. US News World Rep. 2008 Mar 24-31;144(9):68.
Avidan MS, Zhang L, Burnside BA, Finkel KJ, Searleman AC, Selvidge JA, Saager L, Turner MS, Rao S, Bottros M, Hantler C, Jacobsohn E, Evers AS. Anesthesia awareness and the bispectral index. NEngl J Med. 2008 Mar 13;358(11):1097-108.
Sebel PS, Bowdle TA, Ghoneim MM, Rampil IJ, Padilla RE, Gan TJ, Domino KB. The incidence of awareness during anesthesia: a multicenter United States study. Anesth Analg. 2004 Sep;99(3):833-9
Myles PS, Leslie K, McNeil J, Forbes A, Chan MT. Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anaesthesia: the B-Aware randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2004 May 29;363(9423):1757-63.
Osterman JE, Hopper J, Heran WJ, Keane TM, van der Kolk BA. Awareness under anesthesia and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2001 Jul-Aug;23(4):198-204.
Kent CD, Domino KB. Awareness: practice, standards, and the law. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2007 Sep;21(3):369-83. - no fulltext available through HSL online.
