Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Sanjeev Singh
College of Health Sciences,
Kumasi, Ghana; West Africa, Fellow Department of Cardiac Anesthesia NHIMS, Bangalore, Karnataka
India
Research Article
Anaesthesiology as a Career Vis-À-Vis Professional Satisfaction in Developing Countries.
Author(s): Sanjeev Singh, Arti Singh, Anbarasu Annamalai and Gaurav Goel
Sanjeev Singh, Arti Singh, Anbarasu Annamalai and Gaurav Goel
Background: The specialty of anaesthesiology has undergone considerable development over the last 30 years. Once a technical specialty confined primarily to the operating room, the scope of anesthetic involvement in hospital practice has expanded considerably. Clinically, Anaesthesiologists are experts in fields as diverse as intensive care, obstetrics, trauma, cardiopulmonary and airway management, perioperative patient care, sedation for computer tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, both acute and chronic pain management. In addition, many are involved in areas such as research, administration and teaching, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Consequently it is estimated that in the UK Anaesthesiologists are involved in the care of about two-thirds of all patients admitted to hospital. Yet all of these accomplishments have not necessarily resulted in improved recognit.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000304