Some observations about anesthesia in South America: the changing Peruvian context

摘要

Lema1 alleged on page 38 of the chapter titled “International Scope, Practice, and Legal Aspects of Anesthesia,” in Miller's Anesthesia (eighth edition) that in South America only Colombia and Chile have laws for regulating the expertise and care's standard in anesthesia. In addition, he mentioned that physicians, surgeons and paramedical personnel with a low level of anesthesia training have practiced it for many years in several countries of the region. He claimed that the situation persists in some countries, included Peru, even with government authorization. Nonetheless, current peruvian context is different, thus I wish to clarify his observations about the practice of anesthesia in Peru.