TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Foreword 1: An Anesthesiologist's Perspective A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Engelhardt, Thomas PY - 2019 T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e AB - In the past most infants and children with syndromes had anesthesia and surgery in children’s hospitals. These children entered the hospital a day or two before surgery. This gave the anesthesiologist time to see the patient a day or more before surgery, become familiar with the syndrome, understand the patient’s problems, and make a plan to ensure safe and efficient completion of surgery and anesthesia. Modern medical care has increased the number of patients with syndromes who survive, often with serious problems that require repeated surgery. Because of the way medicine is practiced today, these patients usually arrive in the hospital (often a community general hospital) on the day of surgery and have not been seen or evaluated by an anesthesiologist up to that time. Many of these children have problems that are potentially life-threatening or associated with severe difficulties during the induction, maintenance, and awakening from anesthesia. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/06 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164057750 ER -