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The ASA Closed Claims Project
is an in-depth investigation of 7328 closed anesthesia malpractice claims designed to identify
major areas of loss, patterns of injury, and strategies
for prevention.
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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 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 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
Windows Media File: Streaming / 32MB Download
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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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