Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
We make anesthesia for children safer

Encouraging research, education, and scientific progress in the field of pediatric anesthesia

Member Menu

  • Member Login
  • Forgot Password?
  • Pay Dues
  • Join
Contact SPA and Member ResourcesContact SPA and Member Resources
  • About
    • Mission Statement
    • Bylaws
    • Board of Directors
    • History
    • Past Presidents
    • SPA Myron Yaster Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Distinguished International Scholars
    • SPA Merchandise
  • Sections/Partners
    • Sections
      • CCAS - Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society
      • SPPM - Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
      • PALC - Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council
      • PAPDA - Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors' Association
    • Affiliates/Partners
      • PRAN - Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network
      • WELI - Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative
      • Wake Up Safe
      • Smart Tots
  • Committees/SIGs
        • SPA Committees
          • Communications Committee
          • Committee on Public and Professional Affairs (COPPA)
          • Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
          • Education Committee
            • SPAERS
          • Finance and Membership Committee
          • SPA Global Committee
          • Quality and Safety Committee
          • Research Committee
          • Well-Being
          • Governance Committee
        • SPA Special Interest Groups
          • ACMD
          • Biomedical Informatics
          • Blood Management
          • Disaster Preparedness
          • Fetal Anesthesia
          • Integrative Medicine
          • NAPSA
          • Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia (PAA)
          • Perioperative Care of Children with Special
            Developmental and/or Behavioral Health Needs
          • Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group
          • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
          • PeDiR-Airway
          • Pediatric Liver and Intestinal Transplant
          • Pediatric Neuroanesthesia
          • Simulation
          • SPAIN
          • Sustainability
          • SPA-SPPM Ult-RA POCUS SIG
          • Trainees
  • Membership
    • New Member Spotlight
    • Benefits of Membership
    • Membership Categories
    • Online Application
    • Printable Application
    • Renew Membership
    • Get Involved
    • FAQs
  • Meetings
    • Upcoming Meetings
    • Past Meetings
    • Archived Meetings
    • Other Meetings
    • Exhibitor Information
      • SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology
      • SPA Annual Meeting
  • Education
    • Questions of the Week
    • Questions Archive
    • Poll of the Month Archives
    • SPA One-Pagers
    • SPA Case Guides
    • OpenAnesthesia Collaboration
    • Featured Lectures
    • SPA GME Task Force
    • Anesthetic Management of Syndromes and Rare Diseases in Pediatrics
    • SPA Lecture Series
    • Intensive Review of Pediatric Anesthesia Lectures
  • Resources
    • Pedi Crisis App 2.0
    • Critical Events Checklists
    • Newsletters
    • SPA One-Pagers
    • SPA Case Guides
    • SPA GME Task Force
    • Jobs
    • Anesthetic Management of Syndromes and Rare Diseases in Pediatrics
    • Visiting Scholars in Pediatric Anesthesia Program (ViSiPAP)
    • Links of Interest
    • International Pediatric Anesthesia Societies
    • Position Statements
    • Mailing List Rental
  • Research
    • Donate to the Patient Safety Education & Research Fund
    • SPA Young Investigator Research Grants
    • SPA Young Investigator Research Grant Recipients
    • Call for Surveys
    • Featured Posters
    • FAER
  • Fellows/Residents
    • SPA Trainee Special Interest Group
    • SPA Trainee Webinars
    • Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
    • Advanced Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowships
    • Fellowship Resources
    • Subcommittee for Pediatric Anesthesia Education for Residents and Students (SPAERS)
  • Patients
    • Parental Resources
    • FAQs
    • Button Batteries for Parents
You are here: Home / The Week in Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD) – November 19, 2021

The Week in Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD) – November 19, 2021

Click here to subscribe to PAAD.


The ASA PS Classification System
Myron Yaster MD and Jim Fehr MD

Original and Review articles
Balazs Horvath, Benjamin Kloesel, Michael M Todd, Daniel J Cole, Richard C Prielipp. The Evolution, Current Value, and Future of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System. Anesthesiology. 2021 Nov 1;135(5):904-919. PMID: 34491303

Ferrari LR, Leahy I, Staffa SJ, Johnson C, Crofton C, Methot C, Berry JG. One Size Does Not Fit All: A Perspective on the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification for Pediatric Patients. Anesth Analg. 2020 Jun;130(6):1685-1692. PMID: 31219919

Ferrari L, Leahy I, Staffa SJ, Berry JG. The Pediatric-Specific American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Score: A Multicenter Study. Anesth Analg. 2021 Mar 1;132(3):807-817. PMID: 32665468

A history and update on ASA PS classification system.


Association Is Not Causation
Viviane Nasr MD, Susan Nicolson MD, Lindsey Loveland Baptist MD, James DiNardo MD

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Justin B Long, Branden M Engorn, Kevin D Hill, Liqi Feng, Karen Chiswell, Marshall L Jacobs, Jeffrey P Jacobs, Dheeraj Goswami.  Postoperative Hematocrit and Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database Collaboration.  Anesth Analg. 2021 Nov 1;133(5):1077-1088. PMID: 33721876

EDITORIAL
David Faraoni, James A DiNardo. Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: Where Does the Blame Lie?  Anesth Analg. 2021 Nov 1;133(5):1074-1076. PMID: 34673720

This review by Viviane Nasr MD, Susan Nicolson MD, LIndsey Loveland Baptist MD, and James DiNardo MD discuss the importance of patient blood management in pediatric cardiac patients.


Remembering the Classics: Chronic Respiratory Failure in Infants
Mark Schreiner MD and John J. (“Jack”) Downes MD

Original Article
Schreiner MS, Downes JJ, Kettrick RG, Ise C, Voit R. Chronic respiratory failure in infants with prolonged ventilator dependency. JAMA 1987 18;258(23). PMID: 3682138

The background to this historic paper by its original authors Drs. Mark Schreiner and Jack Downes.


Reader’s feedback/response

Upcoming Meeting Information

SPA 37th Annual Meeting
October 13, 2023
Hilton San Francisco Union Square
San Francisco, CA

Mobile Meeting Guide
Registration
Hotel Reservations

Join SPA
Renew
Donate
Get Involved
Upcoming
Job Postings
  • Member Login
  • Forgot Password?
  • Pay Dues

Copyright © 2023 · Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
2209 Dickens Road, Richmond, VA 23230-2005 · Phone: 804-282-9780 · Fax: 804-282-0090 · [email protected]
PRIVACY POLICY · CANCELLATION POLICY