Depth-of-anaesthesia monitoring

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Abstract

All anaesthetists would like to be confident that their patients are asleep throughout surgery. Depth-of-anaesthesia monitors may contribute to reducing the incidence of perioperative awareness, but they are expensive, and typically require that consumables are purchased for every case. Recently, excessive depth of anaesthesia has been feebly associated with increased mortality, but this has not yet been proven, and may reflect patient co-morbidity, rather than clinician error.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)27-29
Number of pages3
JournalSouthern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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