Albert Dahan, MD, PhD
San Francisco—Nociception monitors are becoming more popular, but do they work? According to the results of a Dutch study, the answer is yes, at least for one model.
A team of researchers from Leiden University Medical Center, in the Netherlands, concluded that nociception-guided analgesia significantly reduced remifentanil consumption while optimizing hemodynamic stability compared with standard of care in patients undergoing elective major surgery.
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