Abstract:

Technological advances in monitoring for anesthesia continue to provide clinicians with an increasing amount of physiologic information for critical intraoperative decision making. This expanded set of physiologic data not only makes “routine” surgery safer from rare, but potentially fatal, anesthetic or surgical mishaps; it also facilitates surgery on very high risk patients. However, it must be emphasized at the onset that “anesthesia monitoring” is probably more appropriately termed “perioperative” or “critical care” monitoring, since many of these advances are applicable in the critical care units as well.

Authors:

Martin J. London, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO

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