Erschienen in:
01.01.2016 | Editorials
Complementary and alternative medicine in anesthesia: Are we really going there?
verfasst von:
Hilary P. Grocott, MD
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 1/2016
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Excerpt
In this issue of the
Journal, Woodbury
et al. 1 provide a narrative review outlining the expansive variety of options in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) used by patients, many of whom eventually present for surgery or for other anesthesia-related interactions (e.g., acute or chronic pain therapy). Many readers may question the validity and/or the need for such an article in the
Journal, perhaps citing the relatively incomplete science surrounding these CAM therapies. In view of that, I thought that a brief note explaining the rationale and “backstory” for such an article would be in order. …