The Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) is excited to invite authors to submit abstracts for its 14th annual meeting this year, which will be held on October 18th in Philadelphia, PA.

The 2024 Annual Meeting will address the theme, “Monitoring the Future of Anesthesia and Sleep: Developments in Technology and Treatment." 

SASM annual meeting is a good opportunity and a great platform for researchers, anesthesiologists, and sleep physicians interested in perioperative sleep medicine to meet and discuss various topics, making it different and unique.

The Abstract Subcommittee will be honoring the best abstracts with the prestigious Best Abstracts Awards. The winner will be chosen based on the scientific merit of their submissions, originality, and vision to improve the scientific understanding of anesthesia and sleep medicine and improve the quality of perioperative patient care.

Abstracts submissions now being accepted.
Deadline 11:59 PM on July 31, 2024
Acceptance notifications will be sent via email on August 30, 2024

Stay Up to Date with the Sleep and Anesthesia Latest Research!

Enhanced Postoperative Monitoring: Mixed Realities and New Frontiers

Ramachandran, Satya Krishna MD, MBA;

This issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia includes a pro–con debate paper1 with persuasive arguments favoring universal continuous postoperative surveillance systems, based on extensive longitudinal experience from the proponent’s group. It also posits why we might adopt a more focused approach by identifying the higher-risk patient populations in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). The 2 groups offer complementary methods to enhance monitoring efficiencies, and both of their perspectives could benefit from adopting key human factors engineering strategies to further enhance their effectiveness. This safety systems commentary views this current pro–con debate through the lenses of evidence-based medicine as well as failure modes and effects. Enhanced postoperative monitoring—universal or focused—promotes patient safety by reducing or eliminating the failure to recognize state change, which if unchecked, increases the likelihood of adverse outcomes. In addition to this failure mode, the failure to relay information or to escalate care in a timely manner and the failure of timely, appropriate clinical care responses all lead to failure to rescue (FTR). A schematic of the rescue loop structure with failure modes relevant to this commentary is depicted in the Figure.

Exhibitor and sponsorship registration is OPEN!

On behalf of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM), we invite you to exhibit at the SASM 14th Annual Meeting:  “Monitoring the future of anesthesia and sleep: developments in technology and treatment” held in Philadelphia, on October 18, 2024. 
The objective of this meeting is to provide a forum for discussions pertaining to the common grounds between sleep and anesthesia. The goal is to promote excellence in medical care, research and education in anesthesia, sleep medicine and perioperative medicine. 
This conference is an excellent opportunity to present your organization to a relevant and influential audience. Supporting the conference is a practical way of supporting the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine.

Member's Corner

We look forward to your continued membership with SASM as we work together to improve the care for our patients and advance the broad body of science overlapping the disciplines of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine.

If you have questions, please contact us at info@sasmhq.org

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