What is it about?
Adding opioids during induction of anaesthesia in elderly patients influence significantly monitoring of anaesthesia depth
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Why is it important?
The values of Bispectral Index (monitor of anaesthesia depth) considering as safety should by adapted in elderly patients receiving strong opioid.
Perspectives
Too deep anaesthesia in elderly patients increase mortality and morbidity. For these reasons new values of depth of anaesthesia monitors should be defined.
Chris Lysakowski
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This page is a summary of: Effect of sufentanil on bispectral index in the elderly, Anaesthesia, November 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14102.
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