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Anesthesia in the Future. Steven L. Shafer Palo Alto VA Health Care System Stanford . 2010. Typical American Hospital. Typical American Hospital. 1985 - 25 years ago. Therapeutic Armamentarium. Thiopental Isoflurane Morphine, Fentanyl Succinylcholine, Curare, Pancuronium, Metocurine.
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Anesthesia in the Future Steven L. Shafer Palo Alto VA Health Care System Stanford
Typical American Hospital Typical American Hospital 1985 - 25 years ago
Therapeutic Armamentarium • Thiopental • Isoflurane • Morphine, Fentanyl • Succinylcholine, Curare, Pancuronium, Metocurine
Routine Monitors • Electrocardiogram • Inspired oxygen • Blood pressure cuff • Temperature • Finger on the pulse
Special Monitors • In selected patients: • Pulmonary Artery Catheters • Capnography • Capnography
Airway Control • Endotracheal Intubation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation • Mask Ventilation
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Patient Care • Admission before surgery • Highly invasive surgical technique • Intramuscular pethidine for postoperative analgesia • Discharge in days to weeks surgical technique
Patient Care Issues • Poor post-operative pain control • Slow recovery • Nausea and Vomiting
Anesthesia1998 12 years ago
Basics of Anesthesia • Delivery of oxygen • Support of intravascular volume and tissue perfusion • Patient Comfort Patient Comfort
Therapeutic Armamentarium • Thiopental • Isoflurane • Morphine, fentanyl, alfentanil, sufentanil, remifentanil • Succinylcholine, pancuronium • Thiopental, propofol • Isoflurane, sevoflurane, desflurane • Morphine, fentanyl, alfentanil, sufentanil, remifentanil • Succinylcholine, pancuronium, vecuronium, rocuronium, atracurium, mivacurium, doxacurium, and pipecuronium
TIVA TIVAE Total IntraVenous Anesthesia Total IntraVenous Awareness Total IntraVenous Anesthesia with Ephedrine
Routine Monitors • Pulse Oximetry • Capnography • Electrocardiogram • Inspired oxygen • Blood pressure cuff • Temperature Finger on the pulse Finger on the pulse
Special Monitors • In selected patients: • Esophageal echocardiography • Pulmonary artery catheterization • Continuous arterial blood gas • Continuos mixed-venous saturation • Sophisticated ventilator monitoring
Bispectral Index • Based on EEG spectral analysis • Good predictor of mental status of patient during anesthesia with: • Inhalational anesthesia • Inhalational anesthesia with opioids • Propofol anesthesia with opioids
Airway Control • Endotracheal Intubation • Mask Ventilation • LMA Laryngeal Mask Airway
Midazolam, Alfentanil, and Conversation MAC MonitoredAnesthesia Care
Patient Care • Admission on day of surgery • Discharge in 3 - 24 hours • Fast tracking of patients • Laparoscopic surgery • Improved post-operative pain management • Epidural opioids • PCA Patient Controlled Analgesia Patient Controlled Apnea
2010 Today
New Therapeutics • Duzitol • Hypnotic • Analgesic • Amnestic • Muscle Relaxant • Aphrodisiac Anesthesiology 76:327-330, 1992
New Therapeutics • Cycloflurane • Chemical stability of isoflurane • Rapid induction of sevoflurane • Rapid emergence of desflurane • Pleasant smell of “Mr. Propre”
New Therapeutics • Dexmedetomidine • Central 2 adrenergic agonist • Profound postoperative analgesia in the ICU • Profound anti-ischemic properties • Modest sedation • Rapid offset • Reversible • Demonstrated improved outcome after major surgery
New Therapeutics • Hyptiva • Pharmacodynamics of propofol • Pleasant induction and emergence • Modest cardiovascular effects • Modest respiratory effects • Pharmacokinetics of remifentanil • Extraordinarily rapid emergence • Predictable • Minimal change with disease or age
New Therapeutics • Central nicotinic analgesics • Derived from amphibian skin • Prototype is epibatidine • Efficacy equal to morphine • No ventilatory effects • No physical dependence • No kidding • Science 1998 Jan 2;279(5347):77-81
New Therapeutics • Muscle Relaxants • Suxuronium • MadamCurium • Rockandrolium Suxuronium
Madam, Are you Comfortable? MAC MonitoredAnesthesia Care
New Therapeutic Modes • RemifentanilPCA
New Monitoring • Intraoperative EEG • BIS now standard-of-care • EEG Guided Anesthesia Delivery System EGADS
Patient Care • Nearly all operations done on outpatients • Most operations are laparoscopic/endoscopic • Intelligent intra-operative and post-operative drug delivery systems • ICU care rarely needed
Plausible: Remifentanil PCA Dexmedetomidine Nicotinic agonists New generation of hypnotics EGADS system Implausible Duzitol Cycloflurane Suxuronium, madamcurium, rockandrolium Plausible vs. Implausible