Los nuevos retos de la Anestesia Pediátrica en Colombia / The new challenges in pediatric anesthesia in Colombia

ABSTRACT

ediatric anesthesia is a branch of anesthesiology that has become increasingly relevant around the world during our professional practice of the last 50 years. In developed countries it is considered a supra-specialty, to the extent that in many healthcare systems in the developed world, pediatric patients under one year of age, or with complex pathologies, are exclusively being cared for in pediatric institutions by specialized anesthesiologists or with advanced training in pediatrics, accompanied by a physician, surgeon and paramedic with vast experience in comprehensive management of children. The end result is the optimization of an environment of safety and wellbeing, where children may receive multidisciplinary care that ensures prompt recovery and return to their regular school activities, in addition to a maximum reduction of adverse events or perioperative complications associated to poor care due to preventable human errors.