1. Automated Drug Delivery in Anesthesia
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Tom De Smet, Michel Struys, and Martine Neckebroek
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Sedation ,Pain relief ,Drug administration ,Target controlled infusion ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Anesthesia ,Anesthesiology ,Drug delivery ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,Propofol ,business ,Closed loop ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Automated drug administration by closed-loop systems has been proposed to optimize drug administration during anesthesia and sedation. Closed-loop systems are able to make decision on their own and try to reach and maintain a preset target. This review describes the milestones and recent development in automated drug delivery systems applicable during sedation, anesthesia and post-operative pain relief. more...
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- 2012
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