| Low minimum alveolar concentration alarm: a standard for prevention of awareness during general anaesthesia maintained by inhalational anaesthetics. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 19253024 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Awareness during general anaesthesia is a rare but significant problem that can be frightening to the patients. We suggest that newer generation monitors should include this facility to provide a low alarm limit to MAC settings so as to improve the quality of patient care. Also we suggest that a "near empty" alarm be incorporated into vaporizers which can warn the anaesthesiologist prior to development of possible light plane of anaesthesia. We hope that adopting these two features can help enhance patient safety and can further aid in quality assurance. |
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Authors:
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Goneppanavar Umesh; Kaur Jasvinder; Nanda Shetty |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-03-01 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of clinical monitoring and computing Volume: 23 ISSN: 1573-2614 ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Monit Comput Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-05-27 Completed Date: 2009-08-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9806357 Medline TA: J Clin Monit Comput Country: Netherlands |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 185-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India. drumeshg@yahoo.co.in |
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Administration, Inhalation Anesthesia / methods, standards Anesthesia, General / methods*, standards Anesthetics, General / administration & dosage*, analysis, pharmacokinetics* Awareness / drug effects* Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted / methods* Humans Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods* Pulmonary Alveoli / metabolism* Reference Standards |
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0/Anesthetics, General |
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