Automated Target Controlled Infusion Systems : The Future of Total Intravenous Anaesthesia

Comparison of target controlled infusion and total intravenous anaesthesia with propofol and remifentanil for lumbar microdiscectomy.

BACKGROUND Propofol is often combined with remifentanil for induction and maintenance of total intravenous anaesthesia. Target-controlled infusion (TCI) permits adapting infusion to pharmacokinetic models. In this study we compared depth of anaesthesia, haemodynamic variables and times to recovery in patients scheduled for lumbar microdiscectomy and receiving either manually controlled (group I...

Total Intravenous Anaesthesia in dogs: Development of a Target Controlled Infusion (TCI) scheme for propofol

Total intravenous anesthesia with target-controlled infusion of remifentanil and propofol for ablation of atrial fibrillation.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in other centers, among us it is a new procedure. The choice of anesthesia, monitors, and anesthesiologic care for this procedure performed outside the surgical center has not been described. The objective of this report was to describe an anesthesia technique for ablation of AF. CASE REPORT This is a 49-year ol...

Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (tiva) and Partial Intravenous Anaesthesia (piva)

Total intravenous anaesthesia in children

The use of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) in children has become a popular technique for the induction and maintenance of anaesthesia following the introduction of newer short-acting drugs and more elaborate delivery systems. Advances in microprocessor technology and increased complexity of pharmacokinetic modelling have further refined TIVA to target controlled infusions (TCI). TCI deliv...