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2020 Feb


Indian J Anaesth


64


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Quantifying influence of epidural analgesia on entropy guided general anaesthesia using sevoflurane – A randomised controlled trial.

Authors

Ravishankar M, Mathew D M, Hemanthkumar VR, Srinivasan P
Indian J Anaesth. 2020 Feb; 64(2):131-137.
PMID: 32139931.

Abstract

Minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of inhalational agent denotes the requirement of it to maintain adequate plane of general anaesthesia. The precision to the maintenance of anaesthesia can be further guided by use of entropy to titrate the depth of anaesthesia. Regional anaesthesia and the concomitant deafferentation will decrease the need of general anaesthetics. We conducted a randomised double-blind trial to quantify the effect of addition of regional anaesthesia to sevoflurane based general anaesthesia technique guided by entropy to achieve satisfactory depth of anaesthesia.