Colombian Journal of Anestesiology
ISSN 0120-3347
IBARRA, Pedro. Informática para el anestesiólogo. []. , 36, 3, pp.187-197. ISSN 0120-3347.
Medical informatics are defined as the management of information to improve medical processes. Anesthesia is one of the medical areas where the better management of information can have a positive impact. Four informatics areas are discussed in this paper: the use of computers in anesthesia, communications in the perioperative environment, the use of PDAs in anesthesia and the usefulness of internet in anesthesia.
: anesthesia; medical informatics; Internet; handheld computers.