Key result
Routine use of depth of anaesthesia monitoring may reduce accidental awareness and excessive depth, but its benefits must be weighed against potential cost-benefit disadvantages.
Why the study?
The benefits of routine depth of anaesthesia monitoring in patients receiving volatile anaesthesia must be weighed against costs to determine if it is worthwhile.
Does routine use of depth of anaesthesia monitoring reduce accidental awareness or excessive depth in patients receiving volatile anaesthesia?
Does routine use of depth of anaesthesia monitoring reduce accidental awareness or excessive depth in patients receiving volatile anaesthesia?
Routine depth of anaesthesia monitoring offers benefits like reducing accidental awareness, but its routine use must be weighed against cost-benefit considerations.
Caution against routine depth monitoring due to uncertain cost-benefit; leaves open selective use in high-risk cases.
This article discusses the place of routine use of depth of anaesthesia monitoring in patients receiving volatile anaesthesia. Benefits include reducing the probability of accidental awareness or excessive depth of anaesthesia, and creating training opportunities to improve familiarity with its use, but these must be weighed against the costs, as it may not be advantageous from a cost-benefit perspective.
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Glarbo et al. (2022) conducted a review in Patients receiving volatile anaesthesia. Routine use of depth of anaesthesia monitoring was evaluated. Routine use of depth of anaesthesia monitoring may reduce accidental awareness and excessive depth, but its benefits must be weighed against potential cost-benefit disadvantages.
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