Monitoring the Analgesic Component of Anesthesia
Fig. 20.1 A schematic representation of the brain . The cortical area or cortex (shown in deep blue) is where conscious processes are integrated, and the subcortical areas (shown in…
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Closed-Loop or Automated Titration of Intravenous Anesthesia: Background, Science, and Clinical Impact
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…
Economics of TIVA
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…
Apoptosis and Neurocognitive Effects of IV Anesthetics
Drug Neurotoxicity /Altered plasticity Reference Propofol Yes [26, 30, 31, 44, 86, 87] Midazolam Yes [26, 29] Pentobarbital Yes [44] Chloral hydrate Yes [32, 74] Ketamine Yes [19, 20, 26,…
Sedation of the Critically Ill Child
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…
TIVA for Cardiac Surgery
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,…
TCI and TIVA for Neurosurgery: Considerations and Techniques
© 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…
Clinical Effects and Applications of Ketamine
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],…
An Incendiary Issue: Avoiding Operating Room Fires
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…
Laryngospasm: The Silent Menace
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…
