In 2006-2007 we celebrated the160th anniversary of the first successful administrations of general inhala-tional anaesthesia in various countries and the 50th anniversary of the publication of the mouth-to-mouth ventilation method by Dr. Safar.There háve been no significant developments in generál anaesthesia in the past two years. Perhaps the most cited single drug was sugammadex and the issue of residual neuromus-cular blockade. Another interesting topic was the potential neurotoxicity of general anaesthetics. At the end of the article, a list of reviews is given.

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