title: [Future anesthesiologists will be as much outside as inside the operating theatres].
abstract: During the first decade of the new millennium the intense reorganisation of hospitals and of medical care will be replaced by stability and long-term goals. An anaesthesiologist is now as active outside as within the operating theatre, being a predominant resource in intensive care, pain management, and emergency and prehospital care. The anaesthesiologist will also have a key part to play in risk analysis of patients scheduled for various kinds of advanced treatment. Anaesthesiologists are now also more involved in primary home care where, together with other physicians and categories of health care providers, they offer qualified treatment of various diseases at home--the environment preferred by the patient.
authors.affiliation: Anestesi- och intensivvårdskliniken, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm. Sten.Lindahl@kirurgi.ki.se
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lindahl
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000639:trends; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000639:trends; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D018710:Pain Clinics / Q000639:trends; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research; D013548:Sweden; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D000078329:Workforce