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Re:Code Like a Surgeon by usrusr on Saturday October 25, 2025 @09:36AM (#45703779)
How is "the patient is put on a heart and lung machine" not the field of anaesthesia? That's exactly what it is.
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Re:Code Like a Surgeon by johncolanduoni on Sunday October 26, 2025 @03:07PM (#45714385)
That's a different specialty - perfusionist. Most surgeries with general anesthesia don't require a heart and lung machine and anesthesiologists aren't trained to operate one.
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