Stanford University: Pediatric Anesthesia Teaching materials-http://pedsanesthesia. stanford.edu/guide/ This is the website of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain management, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital. The website contains guidelines for anesthesia management and pain relief. The Guidelines are in acrobat (pdf) format and can be downloaded.

Pediatric Anesthesia: Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center - http://cmc.mcg.edu/pedanes/ This website has a parent information and resident section. The resident section contains information on fluid and blood transfusion management, breathing equipment and drug dosages. The parent information section contains advice to parents and information about anesthesia procedures in a simple and well-illustrated format.

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia - www. pedsanesthesia.org The Society for pediatric anesthesia, USA, website contains an online newsletter, membership information and information about fellowships.

ASA:pediatric Anesthesia - http://www. asahq.org/patientEducation/vnr4.htm. The Pediatric anesthesia section of American society of anesthesia website contains continuing education resources, publications, links, patient information, resident career information, practice management section and a newsletter. A large collection of patient education brochures and education video's on various aspects of anesthesia and analgesia are available. The continuing education section contains teaching videos and pediatric anesthesia practice guidelines.

Gasnet - www.gasnet.org No mention on anesthesia on the web will be complete without Gasnet or global anesthesia server network. The GASNET is one of comprehensive websites on anesthesia. The website has various divisions - education, library, tools, Internet, journals, services and a point of care division. A large video library collection, online lectures, e-textbooks and practice guidelines are part of this exhaustive website. The global textbook of anesthesia is available online from this site. Access to this website requires registration, which is free.

Yale Pediatric pain management service -http://anesthesia.yale.edu/who/sections/pediatric/pedepain/This is the website of Anesthesia department, Yale university school of medicine. The pediatric pain management service contains information on pediatric pain management and is meant for doctors, nurses and parents.

Pediatric pain research lab - http://www. dal.ca/~pedpain/index.html This website has been hosted by the Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. The website contains a professional and research section; protocols, policies and pamphlets; and a self-help section for parents.

C. Vidyashankar,
Pediatrician,
Military Hospital, Kamptee,
Nagpur - 441001,India.
E-mail: [email protected].