Emerging Trends in Anaesthesia: Recent developments and Future Perspectives

Surgery without anaesthesia is one of the biggest fears of mankind. Since the birth of anaesthesia in 1846, there have been tremendous growth and development in order to make delivery of anaesthesia precisely safe and effective. Anaesthetic drugs, be it volatile anaesthetic agents or the intravenous anaesthetic agents have evolved enormously. Anaesthetic delivery systems and monitoring equipments have set high standards in modern anaesthetic practice. There is still a scope of improvement and contributions from various allied branches like biotechnology, pharmacology and medicine will be widely anticipated in near future.