A N E S T H E S I A C L O S E D
C L A I M S P RO J E C T
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
PROJECT OFFICE Anesthesia Closed Claims Project
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Washington Box 356540 Seattle, WA 98195-6540 Voice: 206-616-2673 Fax: 206-543-2958
www.asaclosedclaims.org
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Caplan RA, Ward RJ, Posner K, Cheney FW: Unexpected cardiac arrest during spinal anesthesia: A closed claims analysis of predisposing factors. Anesthesiology 68:5-11, 1988.
Caplan RA, Posner K, Ward RJ, Cheney FW: Peer reviewer agreement for major anesthetic mishaps.
Quality Review Bulletin 14:363-368, 1988.
Cheney FW, Posner K, Caplan RA, Ward RJ: Standard of care and anesthesia liability. JAMA 261:1599-1603, 1989.
Tinker JH, Dull DL, Caplan RA, Ward RJ, Cheney FW: Role of monitoring devices in prevention of anesthetic mishaps: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 71:541-546, 1989.
Caplan RA, Posner KL, Ward RJ, Cheney FW: Adverse respiratory events in anesthesia: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 72:828-833, 1990.
Kroll DA, Caplan RA, Posner K, Ward RJ, Cheney FW: Nerve injury associated with anesthesia.
Anesthesiology 73:202-207, 1990.
Posner KL, Sampson PD, Caplan RA, Ward RJ, Cheney FW: Measuring interrater reliability among multiple raters: An example of methods for nominal data. Statistics in Medicine 9:1103-1115, 1990.
Chadwick HS, Posner K, Caplan RA, Ward RJ, Cheney FW: A comparison of obstetric and nonobstetric anesthesia malpractice claims. Anesthesiology 74:242-249, 1991.
Caplan RA, Posner K, Cheney FW: Effect of outcome on physician judgments of appropriateness of care. JAMA 265:1957-1960, 1991.
Cheney FW, Posner KL, Caplan RA: Adverse respiratory events infrequently leading to malpractice suits.
Anesthesiology 75:932-939, 1991.
Gild WM, Posner KL, Caplan RA, Cheney FW: Eye injuries associated with anesthesia. Anesthesiology
76:204-208, 1992.
Morray JP, Geiduschek JM, Caplan RA, Posner KL, Gild WM, Cheney FW: A comparison of pediatric and adult anesthesia closed malpractice claims. Anesthesiology 78:461-467, 1993.
Sivarajan M, Posner KL, Caplan RA, Gild WM, Cheney FW: Substance abuse among anesthesiologists: I. [Letter to the Editor]. Anesthesiology 80:704, 1994.
Cheney FW, Posner KL, Caplan RA, Gild WM: Burns from warming devices in anesthesia. Anesthesiology
80:806-810, 1994.
Posner KL, Caplan RA, Cheney FW: Variation in expert opinion in medical malpractice review.
Anesthesiology 85:1049-54, 1996.
Caplan RA, Vistica MF, Posner KL, Cheney FW: Adverse anesthetic outcomes arising from gas delivery equipment: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 87: 741-8, 1997.
Domino KB, Posner KL, Caplan RA, Cheney FW: Awareness during anesthesia: A closed claims analysis.
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Cheney FW, Domino KB, Caplan RA, Posner KL: Nerve injury associated with anesthesia: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 90: 1062-1069, 1999.
Cheney FW: The American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Project: What have we learned, how has it affected practice, and how will it affect practice in the future? Anesthesiology 91: 552-556, 1999.
Domino KB, Posner KL, Caplan RA, Cheney FW: Airway injury during anesthesia. A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 91:1703-1711, 1999.
Fitzgibbon, D.R., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B., Caplan, R.A., Lee, L.A., Cheney, F.W.: Chronic pain management: American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Project. Anesthesiology 100:98-105, 2004.
Domino, K.B., Bowdle, T.A., Posner, K.L., Spitellie, P.H., Lee, L.A., Cheney, F.W.: Injuries and liability related to central vascular catheters: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 100:1411-8, 2004. Featured in “This Month in Anesthesiology.”
Lee, L.A., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B., Caplan, R.A., Cheney, F.W.: Injuries associated with regional anesthesia in the 1980s and 1990s: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 101:143-52, 2004.
Peterson, G.N., Domino, K.B., Caplan, R.A., Posner, K.L., Lee, L.A., Cheney, F.W.: Management of the difficult airway: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 103:33-9, 2005.
Lee, L.A., Domino, K.B.: Complications associated with peripheral nerve blocks: Lessons from the ASA Closed Claims Project. Intl Anesthesiol Clin 43:111-8, 2005.
Robbertze, R., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: Closed claims review of anaesthesia for procedures outside the operating room. Curr Opin Anaesthesiology 19:436-42, 2006.
Cheney, F.W., Posner, K.L., Lee, L.A., Caplan, R.A., Domino, K.B.: Trends in anesthesia-related death and brain damage: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 105:1081-6, 2006. Accompanied by an editorial by Lagasse. R.S.: To see or not to see. Anesthesiology 105:1071-3, 2006.
Bhananker, S.M., Posner, K.L., Cheney, F.W., Caplan, R.A., Lee, L.A., Domino, K.B.: Injury and liability associated with monitored anesthesia care: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology
104:228-34, 2006. Accompanied by an editorial by Hug, C.C.: MAC should stand for maximum anesthesia caution, not minimal anesthesiology care. Anesthesiology 104:221-3, 2006. Selected for
Anesthesiology CME program.
Kent, C.D, Domino, K. B.: Awareness: Practice, standards, and the law. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 21(3):369-83, 2007.
Jimenez, N., Posner, K.L., Cheney, F.W., Caplan, R.A., Lee, L.A., Domino, K.B.: An update on pediatric anesthesia liability: A closed claims analysis. Anesth Analg 104:147-53, 2007.
Lee, L.A., Posner, K.L., Cheney, F.W., Caplan, R.A., Domino, K.B.: Complications associated with eye blocks and peripheral nerve blocks: an American Society of Anesthesiologists closed claims analysis. Reg Anesth Pain Med 33(5):416-22, 2008.
Metzner J., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: The risk and safety of anesthesia at remote locations: the US closed claims analysis. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 22:502-8, 2009.
obstetric anesthesia: a closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 110:131-9, 2009. Accompanied by an editorial by Leighton, B.L.: Why obstetric anesthesiologists get sued. Anesthesiology 110:8-9, 2009.
Bhananker, S.M., Liau, D.W., Kooner, P.K., Posner, K.L., Caplan, R.A., Domino, K.B.: Liability related to peripheral venous and arterial catheterization: a closed claims analysis. Anesth Analg 109:124-9, 2009.
Fitzgibbon, D.R., Rathmell, J.P., Michna E., Stephens, L.S., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: Malpractice claims associated with medication management for chronic pain. Anesthesiology 112:948-56, 2010.
Accompanied by an editorial by Jamison RN, Clark JD: Opioid medication management: Clinician beware!
Anesthesiology 112:777-8, 2010.
Cheney FW. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Project: the beginning.
Anesthesiology 113(4):957-60, 2010.
Rathmell, J.P., Michna, E., Fitzgibbon, D.R., Stephens, L.S., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: Injury and liability associated with cervical procedures for chronic pain. Anesthesiology 114:918-26, 2011.
Hindman, B.J., Palecek J.P., Posner, K.L., Traynelis, V.C., Lee, L.A., Sawin P.D., Tredway T.L., Todd, M.M., Domino, K.B.: Cervical spinal cord, root, and bony spine injuries. A Closed Claim analysis. Anesthesiology 114:782-95, 2011. Accompanied by an editorial by Lanier W.L., Warner M.A.: New perioperative cervical injury: medical and legal implications for patients and anesthesia providers. Anesthesiology 114:729-31, 2011.
Metzner, J., Posner, K.L., Lam, M.S., Domino, K.B.: Closed claims analysis. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 25:263-76, 2011.
Lee L.A., Posner, K.L., Kent, C.D., Domino, K.B.: Complications associated with peripheral nerve blocks: Lessons from the ASA Closed Claims Project. Intl Anesthesiol Clin 49(3):56-67, 2011.
Lee, L.A., Stephens, L.S., Fligner, C.L., Posner, K.L., Cheney, F.W., Caplan, R.A., Domino, K.B.: Autopsy utilization in medicolegal defense of anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology 115:713-5, 2011. Accompanied by an editorial by McLemore, J.L., Garvin, A.J.: Autopsy and malpractice considerations. Anesthesiology 115: 685-6, 2011.
Oliver, H., Sharar, S.R., Stephens, L.S., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: Similar liability for trauma and non-trauma surgical anesthesia: A closed claims analysis. Anesth Analg. 115(5):1196-203, 2012.
Kent CD, Mashour GA, Metzger NA, Posner KL, Domino KB: Psychological impact of unexpected explicit recall of events occurring during surgery performed under sedation, regional anaesthesia, and general anaesthesia: data from the Anesthesia Awareness Registry. Br. J. Anaesth. 110(3):381-7, 2013
Mehta, S.P., Bhananker, S.M., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: Operating Room Fires: A closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 118:113-39, 2013.
Mehta, S.P., Eisenkraft, J.B., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: Patient Injury from Gas Delivery Equipment: A closed claims update. Anesthesiology 119:778-95, 2013.
Cote, C.J., Posner, K.L., Domino, K.B.: Death or Neurologic Injury after Tonsillectomy in Children with a Focus on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Houston, we have a problem! Anesth & Analg 118:1276-83, 2014
Dutton, R.P., Lee, L.A., Stephens, L.S., Posner, K.L., Davies, J.M., Domino, K.B.: Massive Hemorrhage: A report from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project. Anesthesiology 121:450-8, 2014. Accompanied by an editorial by Scavone, B.M., Tung, A.: The Transfusion Dilemna: More, less, or more organized? Anesthesiology
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Maxwell, B.G., Posner, K.L., Wong, J.K., Oakes, D.A., Kelly, N.E., Domino, K.B., Ramamoorthy, C.: Factors Contributing to Adverse Perioperative Events in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A structured analysis of cases from the Closed Claims Project. Congenit Heart Dis. 10:21-9, 2015.
Lee, L.A., Caplan, R.A., Stephens, L.S., Posner, K.L., Terman, G.W., Voepel-Lewis, T., Domino, K.B.: Postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression: a closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology 122(3): 659-65, 2015. Accompanied by an editorial by Sessler D.I.: Preventing respiratory depression. Anesthesiology
122(3):484-5, 2015.
