APSF Articles & Updates
Ebola and the Anesthesia Professional: Practical Considerations During the Current Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak
September 14, 2026
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, anesthesia professionals have understandably viewed emerging infectious diseases primarily through the lens of airborne transmission. COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and Andes hantavirus (ANDV) all require heightened concern for…
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Watch the 2026 APSF Stoelting Conference Livestream “SOS!: Signals of Safety… Safely across the Patient’s Perioperative Journey”
September 9, 2026
Join APSF in Transforming Anesthesia Care Across the Perioperative Journey…
Announcing the 2026 APSF Trainee Quality Improvement/Patient Safety (TQI/PS) Recognition Program Award Winners
September 9, 2026
The APSF is pleased to announce the 2026 APSF Trainee Quality Improvement/Patient Safety (TQI/PS) Recognition Program Award Winners.
Six Axioms for the Patient’s Longitudinal Journey: Reimagining Perioperative Patient Safety
September 4, 2026
For decades, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Stoelting Conference has been a beacon for patient safety, convening a multidisciplinary community to discuss the latest in best practices, review significant technological advances, focus rigorous research on perioperative clinical…
Benchmarking Large Language Model Performance in Perioperative Crisis Responses
August 31, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, including large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s GPT series and Meta’s Llama series, have gained currency in many fields, including anesthesiology. LLMs are trained on…
Indexed Delivery of Oxygen Predicts In-hospital Mortality and Morbidity in Reoperative Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
August 24, 2026
Cardiac surgery is associated with a high risk of mortality, particularly in complex or redo operations. During cardiopulmonary bypass, tissue perfusion and oxygenation are dependent on extracorporeal oxygenation systems (bypass…
Anesthesiology Organizations Express Concern for Patients Harmed, Reaffirm Safety of Spinal Anesthesia
August 21, 2026
In response to reported medication errors that harmed patients in Nashville, Tennessee, the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP), the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today reaffirmed that spinal anesthesia remains a safe and essential anesthetic technique when administered with appropriate medication.
Bridging the Knowledge-Practice Gap in Preoperative Cognitive Screening: A Call to Action from the APSF Brain Health Implementation Task Force
August 17, 2026
Unrecognized cognitive impairment affects an estimated 37–50% of older surgical patients and is a major risk factor for perioperative neurocognitive disorders. These disorders affect up to 50% of older surgical patients and contribute to prolonged hospitalization, increased mortality, accelerated cognitive decline, and billions in…
