The S.C.A.R.E. members assembly held on March 3ist, 2021, was quite revealing: its leitmotiv was the challenging work situation experienced by the colleagues across the country. The similarity with the very first assembly meeting I attended in Pasto in 1990 as a young anesthetist, invited by the tireless...
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is often neglected in anesthesia because of its rare incidence (around 1:100,000 general anesthetics). However, when it occurs, it becomes the anesthesiologist's nightmare. In the United States, Canada, and in most European countries, it is mandatory to store dantrolene wherev...
According to Professor Alejandro Jadad in his article "Toward the 'next normal': An opportunity to unlearn and reflect about life, death, and our mental health during the pandemic," 1 Which of the following feelings is perhaps the most important source of unhappiness at the end of life?...
While pondering about a way to convey a message of hope, kindness and solidarity to my anesthesiology colleagues and to all the healthcare professionals and workers in Colombia and around the world, who are in the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, I realized - once again- the severe impact it has had ...
Anestesiología,
Anestesiólogos,
Atención a la Salud,
Escala de Richter,
Grupos Profesionales,
Historia,
Pandemias,
Personal de Salud,
Salud,
Salud Mental,
Sociedades
Abstract Introduction: Anesthesiology requires procedure fulfillment, problem, and real-time crisis resolution, problem, and complications forecast, among others; therefore, the evaluation of its learning should center around how students achieve competence rather than solely focusing on knowledge acqui...
In this era of a technological revolution in the health arena, we are constantly being confronted with new interventions for disease diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation. No health system is immune to challenges when it comes to cover high demand for resources required for these innovations which are ...
A group discussion was held during the XXXIII Colombian Congress of Anesthesiology under the title of "Women as pioneers and leaders in anesthesiology" in which the topic of discussion was the gender gap and its social and cultural backdrop.1 Based on the National Higher Education Information System we r...
As relates to the recently published Editorial of the Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology (Revista Colombiana de Anestesiología) entitled "Has the time come to restrict the clinical use of dipyrone?,"1 we agree with the author regarding the regulatory steps that must be adopted on the use not only of di...
We are celebrating the 45th anniversary of consistent publication of the Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology, after overcoming several challenges with regard to its inclusion and positioning, striving to meet quality and technological requirements of other world class journals. Notwithstanding its accomp...
