Anaes Vivas · Measurement & monitoring physics
Clinical viva — the standards for the basic anaesthetic monitoring
A clinical viva on the basic monitoring standards — the oxygen analyser (the low-oxygen alarm), the pulse oximetry, the capnography, the blood pressure and the heart rate, the temperature, and the continuous presence of the anaesthetist.
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Prompt
A junior colleague asks what monitors must be present and working before any anaesthetic begins. List the standards and justify each.
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A junior colleague asks what monitors must be present and working before any anaesthetic begins. List the standards of the basic anaesthetic monitoring and justify each.
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- [4]Ishihara T, et al. Time-based capnography to diagnose airway obstruction. Animals, 2025.PMID 41375427
- [42351473]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.