The road to modern general anaesthesia
Authors:
J. Pokorný
Authors‘ workplace:
Komise pro historii oboru ČSARIM
Published in:
Anest. intenziv. Med., 17, 2006, č. 6, s. 304-309
Category:
From History
Overview
A concise list of the most important discoveries and achievements in physiology, pathophysiology, physics and technology that had a decisive influence on the development of the current methods and standards of general anaesthesia is presented.
Key words:
composition of anaesthetic and respiratory Gates – anaesthetic breathing systems – artificial lung ventilation – endotracheal intubation – vascular access
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