What Is Malignant Hyperthermia?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
2. Anesthesia
Medicine used to be very different before anesthesia came on the scene. Before its arrival, there was virtually nothing in the way of preventing pain during operating procedures. Procedures were generally left until they were absolutely necessary, with patients understandably reluctant to be performed on while still conscious.
Many people would turn to alcohol or other drugs to try and reduce the pain levels. Others might look to be knocked unconscious in other ways. When anesthesia did finally become available to modern medicine, it made surgery far more practical than before. Unfortunately, however, some people have a bad reaction to it.
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