Department of Anaesthesiology
The Department of Anaesthesiology is one out of five anaesthesia/surgery units at Rigshospitalet. The main function of the department is to provide assistance with anaesthesia, surgery and recovery to the following patient groups:
- Women’s diseases
- Births
- Cancer diseases (in children)
- Blood diseases
- Paediatric surgery and medical children’s diseases.
The department is one out of four anaesthesia and surgery units with an acute function for newborns with congenital abnormalities, children with cancer and blood diseases, as well as young children with general surgical disorders.
The department also provides anaesthetic and surgical services to
- The Department of Gynaecology at Rigshospitalet, which is a centre for gynaecological cancer surgery
- The Maternity Department at Rigshospitalet, which has about 5,000 deliveries per year.
In addition, the department carries out a number of other assignments such as pain treatment and application of various catheters, necessary in the treatment of patients with cancer diseases.