Abstract Introduction The analysis of the electrical activity of the brain using scalp electrodes with electroencephalography (EEG) could reveal the depth of anesthesia of a patient during surgery. However, conventional EEG equipment, due to its price and size, are not a practical option for the operati...
Abstract Introduction: Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) and balanced anesthesia (BA) are the most commonly used anesthetic techniques. The differences are the variability of the depth of anesthesia between these techniques that might predict which one is safer for patients and presents a lower risk o...
Abstract Introduction: Intravenous general anesthesia is an anesthetic technique that can be administered with TCI (target-controlled infusion) or closed-loop systems. The authors designed an automatic delivery system using clinical variables such as bispectral index (BIS), heart rate, and blood pressur...
Abstract A case of intraoperative awareness during ablation of pulmonary veins-one of the most widely used techniques in interventional cardiology-is discussed. An infusion of isoproterenol was administered following the ablation of ectopic foci. A few seconds after the infusion the patient experienced i...
The article, "Clinical cross-section, randomized clinical trial comparing two pharmacokinetic propofol models using entropy indexes",1 published in the July-September 2016 journal, although an interesting and novel idea, it seems to me that a big mistake was made in the study's clinical design, that tota...
