Open AccessCost efficiency of target-controlled inhalational anesthesia
Author(s) -
Meenoti Pramod Potdar,
Laxmi Kamat,
Manjeet P Save
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.130026
Subject(s) - sevoflurane , medicine , nitrous oxide , anesthesia , environmental pollution , pollution , consumption (sociology) , environmental science , environmental protection , ecology , social science , sociology , biology
Cost and environmental pollution are two prime concerns with general anesthesia. We hypothesized that target-controlled (TC) anesthesia drug delivery system also called as end-tidal (ET) control is an effective and safe system that would reduce the cost and also environmental pollution.