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Anesthesia and analgesia · Apr 2003
Case ReportsBispectral index-derived facial electromyography-guided fentanyl titration in the opiate-exposed patient.
- Donald M Mathews, Karthic R Kumaran, and George G Neuman.
- Department of Anesthesiology, St. Vincents Catholic Medical Center-St. Vincent's Manhattan, 153 W. 11th Street, NR 408, New York, NY 10011, USA. dmathews@saintvincentsnyc.org
- Anesth. Analg. 2003 Apr 1;96(4):1062-4, table of contents.
ImplicationsA 34-yr-old man, possibly opiate tolerant, underwent the second part of a scoliosis repair. We describe a narcotic titration protocol by using facial electromyography data derived from the bispectral index monitor that resulted in a good clinical outcome.
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