ASA: The global anesthesia crisis in low-income countries

A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

Many are unaware of the global anesthesia crisis in low-income countries around the world. Some countries have less than one physician per 10,000 people and even less than one anesthesiologist per 100,000 people. The ability to provide safe anesthesia for surgery, labor and delivery, and other procedures, …

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