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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
Target-controlled infusions (TCI) aim to provide constant, user-defined blood concentrations of a drug. The infusion device of such a system is controlled by a microprocessor that uses population pharmacokinetic data and the individual patient's weight and age to continuously calculate the required drug infusion rate to replace losses from the blood compartment due to drug distribution and metabolism. This technology has several exciting applications in anesthesia where stable blood concentrations of drugs are of benefit. TCI of propofol for general anesthesia and sedation are now widely used, but the technology is also being extended to the fields of intra- and postoperative analgesia and to patient-maintained sedation and analgesia. Early work on targeting the effect site (brain) is under way and target-controlled propofol infusions are being used in experimental closed-loop anesthesia systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1699-3993
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 1999 Prous Science. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
823-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-10-26
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Current and future applications of target-controlled infusions.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Anaesthesia, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article