The speciality of anesthesia outside western medicine. With special consideration of personal experience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mongolia;Das fachgebiet anästhesie abseits der westlichen medizin. Unter besonderer berücksichtigung eigener erfahrungen in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo und der Mongolei

Anaesthesist

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-132

  Dunser M ^a   Baelani, I ^b   Ganbold, L ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b DOCS Hospital   (Congo)

^c Medical University of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Africa; Anesthesia; Asia; Developing countries; Newly industrializing countries

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONGOLIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MONGOLIA; PAIN; RISK;

EID: 33344467187     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-006-0979-6     Document Type: Review

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