Hemodynamic monitoring is the cornerstone of perioperative anesthetic monitoring. In the unconscious patient, hemodynamic monitoring not only provides information relating to cardiac output, volume status and ultimately tissue perfusion, but also indicates depth of anesthesia and adequacy of pain control. In the 21st century the anesthesiologist has an array of devices to choose from. No single...

For anesthetic management during renal transplantation, it is necessary to maintain the blood flow and function of the transplanted kidney by performing massive fluid management and stabilizing blood pressure. We report anesthetic management for renal transplantation with a less-invasive circulatory monitoring system (Edwards Life Sciences Co., Ltd., Irvine, California, U.S.A.). In November 201...

OBJECTIVES Switching from maintenance of general anesthesia with an ether anesthetic to maintenance with high-dose (concentration >50% and total gas flow rate >4 liters per minute) nitrous oxide is a common practice used to facilitate emergence from general anesthesia. The transition from the ether anesthetic to nitrous oxide is associated with a switch in the putative mechanisms and sites of a...

context lumbar central spinal stenosis is common and often results in chronic persistent pain and disability, which can lead to multiple interventions. after the failure of conservative treatment, either surgical or nonsurgical modalities such as epidural injections are contemplated in the management of lumbar spinal stenosis. evidence acquisition recent randomized trials, systematic reviews an...

NOVEL INCORPORATION OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGALGORITHMS (BISPECTRAL INDEX GUIDED OR ANESTHETICCONCENTRATION GUIDED) IN REAL-TIME DECISION SUPPORT TOPREVENT INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS USING AN ELECTRONICANESTHESIA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMbyAMY MELANIE SHANKSMay 2015 Advisors: Drs. John M. Cavanaugh and George A. Mashour Major: Biomedical Engineering Degree: Doc...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was assessment the risk management status of waste anesthetic gases in academicals hospitals in Iran to prevent from harmful effects of these gases on employees' health. METHODS A descriptive-analytic study was designed in 2011. Standard structured checklist developed by ECRI institute (Emergency Care Research Institute) was applied. Checklists were filled ons...

Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) have shown promise as a valuable tool for monitoring intraoperative motor tract function and reducing postoperative plegia. MEP monitoring has been reported to contribute to deficit prevention during resection of tumors adjacent to motor structures in the cerebral cortex and spine, and in detecting spinal ischemia during thoracic aortic reconstruction. Many common...