Specialty
Anesthesia

Anesthesiology is the specialty of medicine that deals with the total perioperative care of patients, that is, before, during and after surgery; It covers anesthetic and analgesic management and the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting, among others. During the surgical act, safe physiological conditions are provided according to the patient and the type of surgery.

It is a discipline of medicine specialized in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of pain in all its forms and whose objective is to reduce the physical and mental suffering of the patient and their environment.
Patients are cared for by an anesthesiologist specializing in pain medicine, who evaluates them through outpatient consultation, and defines, depending on the type of pain they present, what would be the most convenient management alternatives to stabilize and improve their pain picture, within The therapeutic options are pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and analgesic intervention in order to improve the quality of life of the patient and their functionality.

Cardiovascular anesthesiology is the branch of anesthesiology in which the management of patients requiring heart and large vessel surgeries (due to coronary artery disease, valvular disease or congenital malformations) is deepened, including perioperative management (pre-anesthetic assessment, general anesthetic management and specific, and postoperative analgesia) with strengths in management of critical cardiovascular patients, invasive monitoring and monitoring with transesophageal echocardiography, as well as the use of special devices such as ECMO, balloon pump and ventricular assist devices; Additionally, there is the possibility of expanding knowledge for anesthesia in lung and heart transplantation.

Pediatric anesthesiology is a branch of anesthesiology in which the management of the complex pediatric patient is deepened, with malformations or congenital pathology that has special anesthetic implications, including perioperative management (pre-anesthetic assessment, general and specific anesthetic management, and analgesia) of the pediatric patient, that is, from newborns to adolescence.