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Anaesthesiology is the discipline that deals with preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative evaluation and treatment of patients who are rendered unconscious and/or insensible to pain and emotional stress during surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Anaesthesiologists are called to protect life functions and vital organs under the stress of anaesthesia and surgery a to monitor and maintain normal physiology during the entire perioperative period [1].
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Salvo, I., Camporesi, A., Zoia, E. (2008). Perioperative Care in Paediatrics: Organization. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0773-4_15
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