The information contained in these anaesthetics topics have been written by members of the Wesley Anaesthetic and Pain Management Group and they are intended as a general introduction rather than specific recommendations. 

The information available to the medical community and patients is overwhelming in it’s size.  There are in excess of 5200 medical journals available within the MEDLINE database.  The rate with which information is being added is also difficult to comprehend.  For example in the sub-speciality area of Obstetric Anaesthesia, more than 10 000 research articles are added per year to the literature.

For this reason, the summaries contained on this website are attempting to provide a broad introduction and cannot be used as guidelines as to how anaesthesia should be practiced.  For this reason patients reading this information are advised to speak to their anaesthetist if they require specific information relating to their procedure and anaesthetic.