Abstract

IBARRA, Pedro. Informática para el anestesiólogo. Rev. colomb. anestesiol. [online]. 2008, vol.36, n.3, pp.187-197. ISSN 0120-3347.

Medical informatics are defined as the management of information to improve medical processes. Anesthesia is one of the medical areas where the better management of information can have a positive impact. Four informatics areas are discussed in this paper: the use of computers in anesthesia, communications in the perioperative environment, the use of PDA’s in anesthesia and the usefulness of internet in anesthesia.

Keywords : anesthesia; medical informatics; Internet; handheld computers.

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