title: A history of pediatric anesthesia: a tale of pioneers and equipment.
abstract: The history of pediatric anesthesia is fascinating in terms of how inventive anesthesiologists became over time to address the needs for advances in surgery. We have many pioneers and heroes. We hope you will enjoy this brief overview and that we have not left out any of the early contributors to our speciality. Obviously there is insufficient space to include everyone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, The MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. cmai1@partners.org
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Coté
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000266:history; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000266:history; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000266:history; D002648:Child; D004986:Ether / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D013672:Technology
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D004986:Ether