Correlation of Surgical Pleth Index with Stress Hormones during Propofol-Remifentanil Anaesthesia

Eighty patients undergoing elective ear-nose-throat surgery were enrolled in the present study to investigate the relationship between surgical pleth index (SPI) and stress hormones (ACTH, cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine) during general anaesthesia which was induced and maintained with propofo...

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Main Authors: Xinzhong Chen, Carsten Thee, Matthias Gruenewald, Christoph Ilies, Jan Höcker, Robert Hanss, Markus Steinfath, Berthold Bein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/879158