Lower oesophageal contractility monitoring during anaesthesia for cardiac surgery: preliminary observations.
Lower oesophageal contractility (LOC), a means of assessing anaesthesia 'depth', has been measured during anaesthesia for cardiac surgery. Appropriate changes in LOC were observed in association with anaesthetic and surgical events.
Thomas
D W
DW
Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
Evans
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004947:Esophagus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009119:Muscle Contraction