History and Current Status of Cardiac Anesthesia in Singapore

History and Current Status of Cardiac Anesthesia in Singapore

Singapore is a small Southeast Asian island city-state located at the tip of the Malay peninsula with a population of 5.61 million people. It was a former British colony that went on to become a part of Malaysia before gaining independence in 1965. Since then, Singapore has developed tremendously fr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2019-12, Vol.33 (12), p.3394-3401
Hauptverfasser: Phoon, Priscilla H.Y., MacLaren, Graeme, Ti, Lian Kah, Tan, Josephine S.K., Hwang, Nian Chih
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Sprache:eng
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cardiothoracic anesthesia
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
National Heart Center Singapore
National University Hospital
Singapore General Hospital
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Zusammenfassung:Singapore is a small Southeast Asian island city-state located at the tip of the Malay peninsula with a population of 5.61 million people. It was a former British colony that went on to become a part of Malaysia before gaining independence in 1965. Since then, Singapore has developed tremendously from a small fishing village into the region's medical hub. This article will explore the roots of cardiac anesthesia in Singapore and how it has developed into a subspecialty today.
ISSN:1053-0770
1532-8422
DOI:10.1053/j.jvca.2018.07.018