For many thousands of years, the sun was our only source of light, and human behavior
followed a natural day-night cycle. This milieu began to change approximately 150 years …

Thousands of international aeromedical evacuations are conducted every year. An
increasing number of travelers are elderly or have chronic illnesses, and there is more travel …

We found the recent article by Shih1 and coworkers very interesting. The authors
retrospectively analyzed the results of their management of a considerably sized series of …

1. Errors arise when an action is intended but not performed; errors that arise from poor
planning or inadequate knowledge are characterized as mistakes; those that arise from …

Background: The National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry collects demographic and
outcome data from anesthesia cases, with the goal of improving safety and quality across …

Background The aim of this post hoc analysis of a large cohort study was to evaluate the
association between night-time surgery and the occurrence of intraoperative adverse events …

A variety of external conditions may affect individual performance in high-stake cognitive
assessments, with potentially lasting consequences on earnings and career. We provide the …

Anesthesiologists frequently work in anesthesia care teams in which they are supervising
concurrently 2 or more certified registered nurse anesthetists. A ratio of lower than 1: 2 for …

Background: Multilevel spinal decompressions and fusions often require long anesthetic
and operative times, which may result in airway edema and prolonged postoperative …

Literature focused on quantifying or reducing patient harm in anaesthesia uses a variety of
labels and definitions to represent patient safety-related events, such as 'medication …