title: [Risk management during anesthesia for various procedures: preface and comments].
abstract: The risk managements during anesthesia for various procedures were described in this special article. Anesthesia for neurosurgery, head and neck surgery, cardiovascular surgery, lung and mediastinal surgery, abdominal surgery, pediatric surgery and obstetric surgery as well as regional anesthesia is included. One of the abilities required for every anesthesiologist is that of risk management during perioperative period. Anesthesia is a medical treatment which leads human body to abnormal condition. This means that anesthetic management is always accompanied by risks of accidental events, and "vigilance" is considered as the most important duty of anesthesiologists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 101-8309.
authors.forename: Setsuro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D012308:Risk Management; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative