Case report of remote anesthetic monitoring using telemedicine.
We report a case supporting the use of telecommunications technology from a remote location to monitor anesthetic events. Vital signs, data, and video were transmitted from surgery conducted in the remote Amazonian rainforests of Ecuador to Richmond, VA. This application of telemedicine technologies makes available expert advice from remote locations during surgical procedures.


CONCLUSIONS
This study validates the use of telecommunications technology from a remote location to monitor an anesthetic event. This type of work makes expert advice available during surgical procedures.
Cone
Stephen W
SW
From the Medical Informatics and Technology Applications Consortium (MITAC), Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
Gehr
Lynne
L
Hummel
Russell
R
Rafiq
Azhar
A
Doarn
Charles R
CR
Merrell
Ronald C
RC
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D004484:Ecuador; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D013685:Telecommunications; D014768:Virginia
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D010100:Oxygen