Anaesthesiology

The Anesthesiology Department was established in 2001 and has 6 laminar-flow operating rooms and 1 hybrid operating room equipped with Dräger anesthesia machines, Philips and Mindray monitors, ultrasound, cerebral-oxygen and hemodynamic monitors, blood-gas analyzers and IABP. Its 15 professionals include 3 associate chief physicians, 3 attending physicians, 3 residents, 6 anesthesia nurses, 1 doctor and 7 master's graduates. Services include clinical anesthesia, resuscitation, painless transesophageal echocardiography, perioperative blood conservation, and anesthesia for complex congenital-heart, valve, coronary bypass, great-vessel, endovascular, thoracoscopic and transplant surgery. In 2022 it performed more than 3,200 anesthetics, with ASA IV-or-higher patients comprising 56%; anesthesia mortality since establishment is 0%. It leads regional cardiovascular anesthesia, research, teaching and professional training.