Recent advances in pediatric anesthesia

• Published in: Korean journal of anesthesiology Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 313 - 322
• Main Author: Holzki, Josef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 01.05.2011; Korean Society of Anesthesiologists; 대한마취통증의학회
• Subjects: advances pediatric regional intravenous anesthesia; Review; 마취과학; Advances pediatric regional intravenous anesthesia
• ISSN: 2005-6419; 2005-7563
• DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2011.60.5.313

Writing about advances in a field of medicine normally includes some pride about progress which one was witness to or even a participant in. The younger one is, the more enthusiastically every advance is lauded and welcomed. This is human nature and nothing to be complained about. However, when anesthesiologists, having worked and struggled in the field of pediatric anesthesia for about 40 years, look back to past advances, a more realistic, even painful picture comes to mind. There was a price which a considerable number of patients had to pay for progress, ruined health or even death. This experience of decades of practice is rarely presented in the literature but should not be forgotten when we proudly remember advances in pediatric anesthesia.