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The ASA Closed Claims Project
is an in-depth investigation of 9214 closed anesthesia malpractice claims designed to identify
major areas of loss, patterns of injury, and strategies
for prevention.
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NEW The Neurologic Injury after Non-Supine Shoulder Surgery (NINS) Registry investigates the mechanism
of severe brain and spinal cord damage that has been reported after shoulder
surgery in the sitting position.
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The Postoperative Visual Loss
Registry investigates the mechanism of perioperative
ischemic optic neuropathy, a rare but devastating complication
of non-ophthalmic surgery.
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The Pediatric Perioperative
Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry is an investigation
of cardiac arrests and deaths of pediatric patients
during administration of or recovery from anesthesia
designed to identify the possible relationship of anesthesia
to these incidents.
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The ASA Annual Meeting is an important venue for presenting material from the various projects sponsored by the ASA Professional Liability Committee. The Committee also meets at this time.
 VIDEO: On-Patient Fires during Monitored Anesthesia Care
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The ASA Committee on Professional Liability sponsors the projects listed above. The Committee seeks to improve the teaching and understanding of medicolegal affairs of pertinence to anesthesiologists and prevention of medical malpractice claims.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists
(ASA) is an educational, research and scientific
association of physicians organized to raise and maintain
the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology
and improve the care of the patient. It is the funding
sponsor for the ASA Committee on Professional Liability
and the committee's projects.
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Note to Patients
These studies
are primarily designed to aid physicians in improving their
clinical practice. We are sorry we cannot address individual
patient questions or provide medical or legal advice.
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- Mehta SP: Cautery fires in the operating room. ASA Newsletter 76(2):16-18, 2012.
- Posner KL: Data at your service: from the ASA Closed Claims Project. ASA Newsletter 76(2):22-23, 2012.
- Lee, LA et al: Autopsy utilization in medicolegal defense of anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology, 115(4): 713-7, 2011.
- Lee LA et al: Complications Associated With Peripheral Nerve Blocks. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 49(3):56-67, 2011.
- Hindman BJ et al: Cervical spinal cord, root, and bony spine injuries. Anesthesiology. 114(4):782-95, 2011.
- Rathmell JP et al: Injury and liability associated with cervical procedures for chronic pain. Anesthesiology. 114(4):918-26, 2011.
- Metzner J et al: Closed claims analysis. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 25(2):263-76, 2011.
- Cheney FW: The American Society of Anesthesiologists closed claims project: the beginning. Anesthesiology. 113(4):957-60, 2011.
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