Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Nov 2015
Editorial CommentMechanical ventilation on ECMO: unfinished business.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Nov 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialMinimum alveolar concentration threshold of sevoflurane for postoperative dream recall.
Many factors affect postoperative dream recall, including patient characteristics, type of anesthesia, timing of postoperative interview and stress hormone secretion. Aims of the study were to determine whether Bispectral Index (BIS)-guided anesthesia might decrease sevoflurane minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) when compared with hemodynamically-guided anesthesia, and to search for a MAC threshold useful for preventing arousal, dream recall and implicit memory. ⋯ BIS-guided anesthesia was not able to generate different MAC values compared to HP-guided anesthesia. Independent of the guide used for anesthesia, a sevoflurane MAC over 0.9 was required to prevent postoperative dream recall.