Anesthesia outside the operating room.
Many new diagnostic and surgical procedures rely on immobile equipment such as computed tomography or magnetic resonance scanners, biplanar fluoroscopes, or radiotherapy units. To facilitate these procedures in infants and children, anesthesiologists must provide services in a variety of unique environments. This article reviews the anesthetic equipment and techniques that have been adapted to provide anesthesia for children outside the operating room.
Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
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