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“Hours of boredom, moments of terror”, “85% boredom, 15% panic”. These rather cynical definitions of the anesthesiologist’s daily practice seem to confirm Beecher’s classical saying: “anesthesia is usually terribly simple but sometimes simply terrible” [1].
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Gurman, G.M. (2002). Decision-Making during Anesthesia. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2099-3_68
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