Anesthesiology - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Carlos Parsloe (1919-2009) - in memory]

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Dr. Carlos Pereira Parsloe was the most important and well known Brazilian anesthesiologist, and the one who achieved greater world repercussion. He played a fundamental role as President of the Scientific Commission of ... Read more...

[Cricoid pressure]

29 Jun 2009 The vast majority of anaesthetists considers application of cricoid pressure for reasons of patient safety an integral part of rapid sequence induction. Cricoid pressure is applied with the idea that it will prevent regurgitation of gastric content ... Read more...

Gilles vs Pugh and the lost letter.

29 Jun 2009 In June 1842 the wife of Lewis W Gilles, a banker in Launceston, wrote to Mrs Pugh, inviting her and her husband, Mr William Russ Pugh, to an entertainment and ball. The Pughs neither responded to the invitation, nor attended the ball. Mrs Gilles ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Anesthesiology - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Examining an old wound. 1959. 30 Jul 2009
• Three editorials--three historical allusions. 30 Jul 2009
• [Carlos Parsloe (1919-2009) - in memory] 29 Jun 2009
• [Cricoid pressure] 29 Jun 2009
• The Fisher & Paykel Humidifier. 29 Jun 2009
• Gilles vs Pugh and the lost letter. 29 Jun 2009
• William TG Morton's early ether inhalers: a tale of three inhalers and their inscriptions. 29 Jun 2009
• A serious case of extensive plagiarism in the July 2008 Symposium on Anaesthesia History. 29 Jun 2009
• Kirschbaum's oxygen content controller. 29 Jun 2009
• [The case "Scott Reuben"] 30 May 2009
• The Journal Club: Teaching professionalism through discussions based on the history of anesthesiology. 30 May 2009
• [The 100th anniversary of the birthday of Virginia Apgar. In honor of the developer of the Apgar score] 29 Apr 2009
• Gadgeteering for health care: the John W. Severinghaus lecture on translational science. 30 Mar 2009
• Gold-plated "Pender Lemon" ether device. 30 Mar 2009
• [Role of the anaesthesiologist in an interdisciplinary field] 27 Feb 2009
• The Anaesthetists' Travel Club: an example of professionalism. 27 Feb 2009
• What's in a name? 30 Jan 2009
• Commonly used eponyms in anesthesia. 30 Jan 2009
• Robinson improved induction coil and battery for chloroform overdose. 30 Jan 2009
• Anson and anaesthesia. 10 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Anesthesiology'

Definition: A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia.

Descriptor UI: D000776

Alternative terms: Anesthesiology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.050;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: ANESTHESIOL