Online exhaled propofol monitoring in normal-weight and obese surgical patients.

Martin Rygh BraathenIvan RimstadTerje DybvikStåle NygårdJohan Ræder

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2022)

Online monitoring of exhaled propofol concentrations is clinically feasible in normal-weight and obese patients. With a 5-min delay, our model outperforms the Marsh plasma TCI model in a post hoc analysis. Modest correlation with plasma concentrations makes the clinical usefulness questionable.

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