Excerpt from Annual Report of Program Activities, Clinical Center: Fiscal Year 1971Diagnostic studies done with the aid of general anesthesia totaled 186, a figure which fluctuates from year to year by as much as 20 percent. Fifty-eight of these studies consisted of cardiac catheterization procedures on small children. Heavy or controlled sedation rather than full general anesthesia was utilized in the management of these children.Patients with incapacitating illnesses capable of causing serious circulatory and respiratory derangements, underwent diagnostic studies under the care of anesthesiologists who maintained surveillance for vital signs and gave supportive treatment as needed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.