In a recent editorial, Kapur described perioperative nausea and vomiting as" the big'little
problem'following ambulatory surgery." 257 Although the actual morbidity associated with …

… White is the President). Financial support for preparing this manuscript was also provided
by an unrestricted educational grant from Endo Pharmaceuticals, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. …

BACKGROUND: Improving perioperative efficiency and throughput has become increasingly
important in the modern practice of anesthesiology. Fast-track surgery represents a …

A simplified method for the estimation of the intrinsic rate of natural increase (r$_m$) of
aphids is proposed. Having determined the prereproductive time, d (birth to first reproduction), …

The bispectral (BIS) index and 95% spectral edge frequency (SEF) of the electroencephalograph
(EEG) have been used to study the anesthetic and sedative effects of intravenously (IV) …

The use of the intravenous anesthetic etomidate for prolonged sedation has been associated
with low levels of plasma cortisol and increased mortality. We measured the cortisol and …

Bispectral analysis (BIS) of the electroencephalogram (EEG) has been shown in retrospective
studies to predict whether patients will move in response to skin incision. This prospective …

Background The bispectral (BIS) index has previously been shown to be a quantifiable
measure of the sedative and hypnotic effects of anesthetic drugs. This study was designed to …

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anesthesia." Anesthesiology. 2008 Dec; 109 (6): 1132-6. A comment on this article appears …

The clinical and electroencephalographic (EEG) effects of the individual ketamine isomers
were compared with the racemic mixture in five volunteers who received each drug on a …