Background This is an update of a review last published in Issue 9, 2009, of The Cochrane
Library. Pulse oximetry is used extensively in the perioperative period and might improve …

Pulse oximetry has made a significant contribution to noninvasive monitoring in a wide
variety of clinical situations. It allows for continuous reliable measurements of oxygen …

Over the past decade, anaesthetists and human factors specialists have worked together to
find ways of minimising the human contribution to anaesthetic mishaps. As in the functionally …

To identify and quantitate complications occurring in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU), a
prospective study evaluated 18,473 consecutive patients entering a PACU at a university …

From a prospectively defined cohort of patients who underwent either general, regional or
combined anaesthesia from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 1997 (n= 869 483), all consecutive …

Little formal training is provided in anesthesiology residency programs to help acquire,
develop, and practice skills in resource management and decision making during crises in …

The pulse oximeter, a widely used noninvasive monitor of arterial oxygen saturation, has
numerous applications in anesthesiology and critical care. Although pulse oximetry is …

The incidences of mortality and morbidity associated with anaesthesia were reviewed. Most
of the published incidences for common complications of anaesthesia vary considerably …

Using a comprehensive anesthesia simulation environment (CASE 1.2) we studied the
response of anesthesia trainees (10 first-year residents and 9 second-year residents) to five …

Purpose The low incidence of mortality and major morbidity in anesthesia makes it difficult to
study the pattern of potential accidents and to develop preventive strategies. Anesthetic …