Exploring new frontiers: Organ transplant anaesthesia or bariatric anaesthesia

• Main Authors: Jyotsna Goswami, Jatin Lal, Guruprasad P Bhosale, Aparna Sinha, Julakanti Madhavi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
• Subjects: anaesthesia for organ transplant; bariatric anaesthesia; speciality training in anaesthesia
• Online Access: http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2021;volume=65;issue=1;spage=23;epage=28;aulast=Goswami

Unlike previous years, Anaesthesiology today is a major speciality encompassing many areas of modern medicine. Advent of various surgical sub-specialities resulted into the emergence of anaesthesia sub-specialities, as every group of surgery has specific need. Choosing the best-suited speciality is a complex matter. For that, one needs to have an idea about each one of them. A postgraduate anaesthesiology student does not have adequate exposure to choose the speciality. This article will give an overview of two important sub-specialities i.e., Organ Transplant Anaesthesia and Bariatric Anaesthesia.