Closed-loop monitoring by anesthesiologists—a comprehensive approach to patient monitoring during anesthesia

Comprehensive landslide risk management monitoring

Background and objective: Although the risk management and crisis management issues were discussed during recent years in scientific meetings, but still there is no proper planning to deal with natural disasters. The lack of systematic attitude to landslide phenomenon and also loss of predetermined plans for responsibility of the trusted organizations and lack of coordination between these orga...

Monitoring Depth of Anesthesia by Nonlinear Correlation Measures

Background: Monitoring the depth of anesthesia (DOA) takes an important role for anesthetists in order avoiding undesirable reactions such as intraoperative awareness, prolonged recovery and increased risk of postoperative complications.The Central Nervous System (CNS) is the main target of anesthetic drugs, hence EEG signal processing during anesthesia is helpful for monitoring DOA. In order t...

Anesthesia and Monitoring of the Thoracotomy Patient

During intrathoracic surgery the negative pressure that normally exists in the thoracic cavity and is necessary for lung expansion is disrupted by surgery. Therefore, these patients need to be provided with positive pressure ventilation. This can be done manually, which can be very labor intensive for the anesthetist, or by the use of a mechanical ventilator, which is recommended. Usually norma...

Closed loop approach to structural health monitoring for critical rotorcraft components

Rotorcraft design is challenging with respect to fatigue considering the wide range of loads to which it is subjected. There has been a continuous requirement from the helicopter community in terms of increased flight safety, increased life of components and decreased maintenance and inspection frequency. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has definitely catered to this requirement by introduci...

End-tidal CO2 monitoring during anesthesia.