Anesthetic Experience with 23,885 Cases - Trends of Anesthesia-.

Author: Yong Lack KIM ¹ ; Sung Duck KIM ; Il Yong KWAK
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1. Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Case Report
MeSH: Absorption; Anesthesia; Anesthesia, General; Anesthesia, Local; Anesthetics; Halothane; Humans; Intubation, Intratracheal; Seoul; Succinylcholine; Thiopental
From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1973;6(1):61-68
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: To evaluate historical trend, if any, anesthetic experiences of 23,385 in total performed at the Seoul National University Hospital from Jan. 1965 through Sept, 1972 were analyzed statistically according to age, sex, anesthetic agents and methods. The results are as follows: 1) General anesthesia has been used with increasing frequencies inversely to local anesthesia. 2) More than half the total cases were for the patients in the second or third decade of there ages. 3) The use of halothane has been steadily increasing ever since its introduction into clinical anesthesia in its country. 4) Thiopental has mainly been used for intravenous induction, and succinylcholine for facilitating endotracheal intubation. 5) In almost all cases semiclosed circle absorption system has been employed, and non-rebreathing system has recently been used with increasing favor for pediatric anesthesia.