Stability of BIS with Schnider or modified Marsh effect-site targeted infusions: As you like it, or much ado about nothing?

E Coetzee; A R Absalom

Stability of BIS with Schnider or modified Marsh effect-site targeted infusions: As you like it, or much ado about nothing?

Authors

E Coetzee University of Cape Town https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2443-962X
A R Absalom University of Groningen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-9157

Keywords:

target-controlled infusion, total intravenous anaesthesia, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, bispectral index, depth of anaesthesia

Abstract

Although commercial target-controlled infusion (TCI) systems have been available since the late 1990s¹ and have facilitated safe and accurate administration of propofol in more than 90 countries,² there remain areas of uncertainty and controversy.³

Author Biographies

E Coetzee, University of Cape Town

Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

A R Absalom, University of Groningen

Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands

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Published

2021-05-05

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Editorial

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