Anaesthetic monitoring
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(Tagged September 2005)
Anaesthetic monitoring comprises of essential physiological monitors of a patient's basic observations:
- heart rate(via ECG)
- oxygen saturation(via pulse oximetry)
- blood pressure(via DINAMAP)
- inspire and expired gases:
- - Oxygen(via oxygen analyzers)
- - Nitrous Oxide, Carbon Dioxide(via capnography)
- - Volatile agents (volatile analyzers)
- ventilation and airway parameters
Additional monitoring include:
- temperature (via temperature monitoring)
- arterial blood pressure and waveforms (via invasive arterial transducers)
- central venous pressure (via central venous monitoring)
- cerebral activity (via EEG)
- neuromuscular activity (via peripheral nervous monitoring)
- cardiac output (via cardiac output monitoring)
- urine output (via bladder catherization)
Operating Room monitoring and Safety
In addition, the functioning of a safe Operating Room environment requires the regular monitoring and maintenance of
- room humidity(50-70%)
- temperature(22 °C)
and preventative measures to avoid
- static electricitybuild-up
- the monitoring of electrical leakage currentsand diathermycurrents
- sufficient scavengingwithin safe operational limits
Categories: Cleanup from September 2005| Anesthesia
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