Havana Province, Cuba. - The breaking news of last Thursday in Havana province lead us to use technical terms and delve into their meanings.

Therefore, we want to know more about anaesthetiology, a specialty born from the need to protect patients from surgical aggression. The specialty has evolved since the first experiences with ether in 1846. It had to keep up with new and increasingly aggressive surgical procedures. Now, it deals with postoperative treatment and care and is in charge of relieving all kinds of pains.

Its current content is very wide. Due to the anaesthetiologist’s skills for patient's comprehensive treatment, their field of action is likely to expand further. It may soon include therapies for all kinds of patients that require special care.

Hence, a scientific event like Havananaesthetics 2009 arises many expectations. The meeting will enable anaesthetiologists to update and exchange experiences that will help them improve their scientific skills with scientific approaches in issues that pose a health problem.

They will also assess factors that have some influence or are decissive for the lives of patients undergoing surgery. Some of these factors cause critical, acute, chronic pains and others require the use of the latest techniques.

There will also be lectures on diverse issues, like Longevity and Anaesthetics and Heart-Lungs Revival.

Havananaesthetics 2009 is not, therefore, just another meeting. It is rather a medical tool to achieve patients’ well-being. Consequently, it implies a battle to improve our lives’ quality.

Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego

( 03.12.2009 10:13 AM )