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Closed-Loop or Automated Titration of Intravenous Anesthesia: Background, Science, and Clinical Impact

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Fig. 35.1 Generic closed-loop scheme The most ubiquitous controller is the Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller [11]. This controller calculates the difference between the measured output and the setpoint to adjust input…

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Economics of TIVA

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  1996/1997 1997/1998 1998/1999 1999/2000 GA case numbers 4492 4933 4916 4843 Number of TIVA cases 2587 3063 3022 3232 TIVA (%) 58 62 61 67 Mean time/case (h) 0.47…

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Sedation of the Critically Ill Child

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Fig. 27.1 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) Furthermore, both the growing concern on potential long-term neurological adverse effects of prolonged sedation as well as the modern trend to minimize (or…

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TIVA for Cardiac Surgery

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Fig. 30.1 Time course of percent change in mean arterial pressure, cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance, heart rate, and absolute bispectral index values. MAP mean arterial pressure, CI cardiac index,…

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TCI and TIVA for Neurosurgery: Considerations and Techniques

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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Anthony R. Absalom and Keira P. Mason (eds.)Total Intravenous Anesthesia and Target Controlled Infusions10.1007/978-3-319-47609-4_28 28. TCI and TIVA for Neurosurgery: Considerations and Techniques Massimo Lamperti1   and Fazil Ashiq1   (1) Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland…

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Clinical Effects and Applications of Ketamine

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Fig. 14.1 Chemical structures of phencyclidine and (S)-ketamine Ketamine is increasingly administered as a pure analgesic [7, 8], for induction of rapid sequence intubation performed outside the operating room [9],…

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An Incendiary Issue: Avoiding Operating Room Fires

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and Richard A. Jaffe2 (1) David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA (2) Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA   KeywordsFiresFire triadPrevention Introduction Oh no! Not…

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Laryngospasm: The Silent Menace

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and Richard A. Jaffe2 (1) David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA (2) Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA   Electronic supplementary material: The online version…

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Meperidine: A Forgotten Jewel

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and Richard A. Jaffe2 (1) David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA (2) Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA   KeywordsOpioidPharmacologyNormeperidineShivering At one time meperidine was…

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