Uncalibrated chloroform dilution reservoir bag leading to overdose Phosgene poisoning from chloroform decomposition with open gas lights Misconnection of tubes leading to inhalation of liquid chloroform Chloroform inhalers which when…
Fig. 12.1 Sixteen new anesthesia societies appeared in the 1900s, several from the new countries that arose from the ashes of the Soviet Union Better Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs? Yes and…
Fig. 11.1 Anesthetic societies continued to accumulate, a dozen in the 1980s In South America, in 1987, the societies in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay formed the Federation of South…
Edmond I Eger II, Lawrence J. Saidman and Rod N. Westhorpe (eds.)The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4614-8441-7_25 © Edmond I Eger, MD 2014 25. History of Canadian Anesthesia Douglas Craig1 , Diane Biehl1, Robert Byrick2 and John G Wade3 (1) Departments of…
Edmond I Eger II, Lawrence J. Saidman and Rod N. Westhorpe (eds.)The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4614-8441-7_18 © Edmond I Eger, MD 2014 18. A History of Drug Addiction in Anesthesia Christopher D. Kent1 and Karen B. Domino1 (1)…
3. Holy Bible. New King James Version. 4. Takrouri MSM. Basis of obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia during childbirth. Internet J Health. 2009;9. 5. Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. In the name…
Item Number with a Comment Percent Agreeing 1. Research funding will decrease 4 100% 2. Clinical research will focus on outcome trials 4 100% 3. New drugs will be made…
Fig. 7.1. Ether, chloroform and nitrous oxide served most of the world’s needs for general anesthesia for a century. The increasing importance of anesthesia was associated with the development of…
Date Contribution Surgeon/scientist 1849 Repair, vesico-vaginal fistula J. Marion Sims 1867 Perineal prostatectomy for cancer Theodor Billroth 1867 Antisepsis Joseph Lister 1871 Esophagectomy Theodor Billroth 1873 Total removal of the…
Chapter 7 Assessment of the airway Cheng OngAdrian Pearce SUMMARY This chapter will describe: • why all patients require a preoperative assessment of the airway • how assessment determines the…
