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Diseases and Disorders
- Links pertaining to Anesthesia and Analgesia
 
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   Pain: Must People Suffer? - On The Brain, Summer 1995 (US)
   About Nitrous Oxide (N2O)/Laughing Gas - Univ of Bristol (UK)
   About Pain relief during childbirth (Obstetric Anesthesia) - Brigham and Women's Hosp.
   Hypertextbook of Regional Anaesthesia for Obstetrics [eds. Gatt, Pybus et al.] - Manbit Technologies
   About Opioid Analgesics - Anaesthesia UK
   Morphine Hyperalgesia: A case report. [GR Wilson] - Jacksonville Medicine, May 2001
   Info about various Spine Interventio Procedures - ISIS
   Pain Management Articles from the Dept of Anesthesiology/Univ of Florida (US)
   Spinal Anesthesia - a Practical Guide [WF Casey] - Update in Anaesthesia 2001, 12
   Epidural Anesthesia: A Tutorial [L Visser] - Update in Anaesthesia 2001, 13
   Common and not so common complications of epidural anesthesia [E Faure] - A.S.A.M.
   On Topical Analgesics: A review of reviews and a bit of perspective - Bandolier, 2005 (UK)
   About Caudal Anesthesia - Anesthesia UK
   Pain and Acupuncture in Eastern and Western Medicine [K Lauber, 2002]
   Acupuncture.Com - S. California
   On Ketamine in Palliative Care [A Binns] - MedAu (AU)
   On The Use of Hypnosis in Pain Management [M Marcuse, 1993] - U of California
   See also under Neurological Manifestations - Pain [links] - KIB (SE)

   Anesthesia   
   On the Origin of the word Anesthesia - WordInfo
   Anaesthesia Explained [Lewis and Fitz-Henry] - StudentBMJ (UK)
   An Anesthesia FAQ - Cleveland Clinic (US)
   How Does Anesthesia Work? - SciAm/Ask the Experts, 2005
   The Anesthesia Course Notes Site [M Dosch] - (US)
   Anaesthesia related material (see e.g. left column: Clinical, Resources) at Anesthesia UK
   Redbook, Anaesthesia, Basel [Kaufmann] - (CH)
   A Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook [C Thompson] - Sydney (AU)
   The American Society of Anesthesiologists including, among many other things, a Public Education Material , a Standards, Guidelines and Statements section, a collection of practice parameters , and many free past issues of Anesthesiology
   ASA Meeting Abstracts
   The Airway (in Anesthesia) - MetroHealth Anesthesia
   ASA Difficult Airway Practice Guidelines - via AnesthesiaDoc
   On Volatile Anaesthetic Agents [P Fenton] - Update in Anaesthesia 1995, including Halothane (Fluothane) , and about Halothane Hepatotoxicity [KA Poterack] - eMedicine
   About Local Anaesthetics - Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook
   Local Anaesthetics - DermNet (NZ)
   About Barbiturates - Wikipedia
   Toxicity from Local Anaesthetic Drugs [H Bukbirwa] - Update in Anaesthesia 1999, 10
   The Anesthesia Gas Machine, Vaporizers, Compressed Gases, Safety [MP Dosch] - Detroit (US)
   Anesthesia - Critical Care - Emergency [links ; B Grenier] - (FR)
   A collection of Publications and Information for Patients from the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK)
   Scoring Systems for ICU - SFAR
   The Application of Basic Science to Practical Paediatric Anaesthesia [K Brown] - Update in Anaesthesia 2000, 11
   Sedation Guideliens , and a Checklist [T Trimble] - Emergency Nursing World
   Illustrated notes in Regional Anesthesia [AM Elizaga], 1998 - Univ of Washington/Anesthesia (US)
   Peripheral Regional Anaesthesia - Ulm Rehabilitation Hosp.
   ASPAN: American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses
   Anesthesiology [P Ting]
   About Intra-Arterial Catheters [Srejic and Wenker] - Internet Journal of Health
   Some Trauma Moulages (practice scenarios) at Trauma.Org
   Anesthetic Implications of Myasthenia Gravis [Abel and Eisenkraft] - MountSinai J Med, Jan-Mar 2002
   On Low Molecular Weight Heparins in Medicine and Anaesthesia [P Neligan]
   A Linear Equation for Estimating Body Surface Area in Infants and Children [JD Current]
   Anaesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery [Varvinski and Eltringham] - Update in Anaesthesia, 6/1996
   Guidelines for Local Anaesthesia for Intraocular Surgery , 2001 - RCOA (UK)
   Guidelines for Local Anaesthesia for Intraocular Surgery - BOAS, 2001 (UK)
   Allergy to Local Anesthetics [S Kahlgati] - Just the Berries (CA)
   A Clinical Overview of Paravertebral Blockade [Klein and Steele] - Internet J. of Anesthesiology, 199, vol 3n1
   Acid Base Balance: A Tutorial [Drage and Wilkinson] - Update in Anaesthesia 2001, 13
   Acid-Base Balance: A Tutorial [AW Grogono] - Tulane U.
   Acid-Base pHysiology , and Fluid Physiology [K Brandis] - The Anaesthesia Education Website
   Blood Gases and Physiology [L Martin]
   AnesthesiaPatientSafety.com - AANA (US)
   The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
   See also under Malignant Hyperthermia [links]
   Anesthesia: Risks and Complications - WebMD
   The Anesthesia Awareness Registry - Univ of Washington, Seattle (US)
   About Anesthesia Awareness - Wikipedia
   Aspect Medical Systems (monitoring equipment)
   Wake Up During Surgery? ... - USA Today, Oct 2003
   Anesthesiologists' Responses to an Email Request for Advice from an Unknown Patient [J Oyston] - JMIR, Sep 2000
   Intubation and Commencing Mechanical Ventilation [tutorial text] - Anaesthetists in Training in Ireland
   ACC/AHA Guideline Update on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery - (US)
   Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia? [J Eldor]
   Review of Currently Used Inhalation Anesthetics: Part I and Part II , 1999 [OC Wenker]
   Adverse effects of opioid agonists and agonist-antagonists in anaesthesia [TA Bowdle 1998; abstract] - via PubMed
   About Fentanyl - Wikipedia, and its molecular structure - Roche
   The Use of Sedation and General Anesthesia by Dentists - ADA position stmt, 2005 (US)
   The Royal College of Anaesthetists - (UK)
   EMedHome.com [emergency medicine]
   The Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology - (US)
   An illustrated Glossary of Anesthesia Terms - Univ of Michigan (US)
   Anesthesia and Analgesia [journal]
   The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology
   The Complete Anesthesia Directory - AnestaWeb, Inc.
   World Anaesthesia Online
   Hinckley's "Who Was Who on Ether Day" (Oct 1846) - Harvard/Neurosurgery (US), and a comment [SC Schatzki]

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