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- Personalized Anaesthesia
- Personalized Anaesthesia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Section 1 Basic Principles
- Section 2 Targeting Effects
- 7 Hypnotic Effect: Inducing Unconsciousness and Emergence from Anaesthesia
- 8 Analgesia: Effects on Response to Nociceptive Stimulation
- 9 Personalized Sedation and Analgesia
- 10 Respiratory Depression
- 11 Immobility
- 12 Effects on Brain Function
- 13 Targeted and Individualized Perioperative Medicine for Cognitive Dysfunction
- 14 Cardiac and Haemodynamic Function
- 15 Effects of Anaesthesia on Thermoregulation
- 16 Effects of Perioperative Management on Kidney Function
- 17 Effects on Liver Function
- 18 Effects on Fluid Balance
- 19 Ventilation during General Anaesthesia
- 20 Epilogue: Artificial Intelligence Methods
- Index
- References
10 - Respiratory Depression
from Section 2 - Targeting Effects
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2019
- Personalized Anaesthesia
- Personalized Anaesthesia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Section 1 Basic Principles
- Section 2 Targeting Effects
- 7 Hypnotic Effect: Inducing Unconsciousness and Emergence from Anaesthesia
- 8 Analgesia: Effects on Response to Nociceptive Stimulation
- 9 Personalized Sedation and Analgesia
- 10 Respiratory Depression
- 11 Immobility
- 12 Effects on Brain Function
- 13 Targeted and Individualized Perioperative Medicine for Cognitive Dysfunction
- 14 Cardiac and Haemodynamic Function
- 15 Effects of Anaesthesia on Thermoregulation
- 16 Effects of Perioperative Management on Kidney Function
- 17 Effects on Liver Function
- 18 Effects on Fluid Balance
- 19 Ventilation during General Anaesthesia
- 20 Epilogue: Artificial Intelligence Methods
- Index
- References
Summary
Respiratory depression is a common and unwanted side-effect of anaesthetics, sedatives and analgesics. It has been known since the end of the 18th century that anaesthesia has pronounced effects on control of respiration, however the effects are highly specific depending on the drug and drug concentration.
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- Personalized AnaesthesiaTargeting Physiological Systems for Optimal Effect, pp. 146 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020