World Anaesthesia Day
World Anaesthesia Day commemorates the first successful demonstration of ether anaesthesia on October 16, 1846. This ranks as one of the most significant events in the history of medicine and took place at the Massachusetts General Hospital, home of the Harvard School of Medicine. The discovery made it possible for patients to obtain the benefits of surgical treatment without the pain associated with an operation.
Editor’s Choice articles FREE throughout October:
To mark the anniversary, BJA’s Editor-in-Chief, Charles S. Reilly, has selected a collection of 12 articles which we have made available for you to read free online throughout October. The special collection covers the topic:
‘Making Anaesthesia Practice Safer’
Simply click on the title to read the collection and to help us commemorate this extraordinary event!
1. Defining excellence in anaesthesia: the role of personal qualities and practice environment
A.F.Smith et al
2. Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 2: intensive care and emergency departments
T. M. Cook, N. Woodall, J. Harper, J. Benger
3. Medication errors: can we prevent them?
Mahajan
4. Coronary stents: factors contributing to perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events
Barash
5. Malignant hyperthermia: pharmacology of triggering
Hopkins
6. Why is the surgical high-risk patient still at risk?
Kehlet
7. Cell salvage as part of a blood conservation strategy in anaesthesia
Klein
8. Comparison between ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane and conventional ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve blocks for day-case open inguinal hernia repair
Aveline
9. Sugammadex in the management of rocuronium-induced anaphylaxis
McDonnell
10. Saving Mothers’ Lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006–8: a review
McClure
11. Efficacy of low-dose bupivacaine in spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean delivery: systematic review and meta-analysis
Arzola
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