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Sarasso S, Casali AG, Casarotto S, Rosanova M, Sinigaglia C, Massimini M. Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence. Neurosci Conscious 2021; 2021:niab023. [PMID: 38496724 PMCID: PMC10941977 DOI: 10.1093/nc/niab023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Over the last years, a surge of empirical studies converged on complexity-related measures as reliable markers of consciousness across many different conditions, such as sleep, anesthesia, hallucinatory states, coma, and related disorders. Most of these measures were independently proposed by researchers endorsing disparate frameworks and employing different methods and techniques. Since this body of evidence has not been systematically reviewed and coherently organized so far, this positive trend has remained somewhat below the radar. The aim of this paper is to make this consilience of evidence in the science of consciousness explicit. We start with a systematic assessment of the growing literature on complexity-related measures and identify their common denominator, tracing it back to core theoretical principles and predictions put forward more than 20 years ago. In doing this, we highlight a consistent trajectory spanning two decades of consciousness research and provide a provisional taxonomy of the present literature. Finally, we consider all of the above as a positive ground to approach new questions and devise future experiments that may help consolidate and further develop a promising field where empirical research on consciousness appears to have, so far, naturally converged.
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- Simone Sarasso
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ‘L. Sacco’, University of Milan, Milan 20157, Italy
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- Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Jose dos Campos, 12247-014, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ‘L. Sacco’, University of Milan, Milan 20157, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan 20148, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ‘L. Sacco’, University of Milan, Milan 20157, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ‘L. Sacco’, University of Milan, Milan 20157, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan 20148, Italy
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Liang T, Wu F, Wang B, Mu F. PRISMA: accuracy of response entropy and bispectral index to predict the transition of consciousness during sevoflurane anesthesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e25718. [PMID: 33907161 PMCID: PMC8084050 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000025718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background: Bispectral index (BIS) and response entropy (RE) are used to monitor the depth of anesthesia. Objectives: To collect published data and compare the accuracy of BIS and RE in detecting the transition of consciousness during sevoflurane anesthesia. Data sources: Studies indexed in the PubMed, Embase, or Cochrane databases. Study eligibility criteria: Participants: Patients who need to use BIS and RE to monitor sevoflurane anesthesia depth simultaneously. Interventions: A random-effects model was fitted using RevMan 5.3. Subgroup analyses were performed on patient age. The Cochrane I 2 methodology was used to determine the heterogeneity of the statistical results, while GRADE Pro served to assess the quality of evidence. Results: Overall, 195 articles were identified, of which 7 were finally included. The meta-analysis results showed that BIS is more accurate than RE in predicting loss of consciousness (LOC) during sevoflurane anesthesia (MD, .06; 95% confidence interval [CI], .02–.09; P = .009; I 2 = 92%). In contrast, there was no significant difference between BIS and RE for recovery of consciousness (ROC; MD, .01; 95% CI, .00–.02; P = .79; I 2 = 83%). Subgroup analyses revealed no significant differences in LOC (MD, .02; 95% CI, .01–.05; P = .13; I 2 = 60%) and ROC (MD, −.01; 95% CI, −.06–.04; P = .58; I 2 = 95%) in children. However, the results in adults demonstrated that BIS is more accurate than RE in predicting LOC (MD, −.07; 95% CI, .05–.10; P = .002; I 2 = 76%). Limitations: First, this meta-analysis was affected by a large study heterogeneity. Second, this analysis only included publications in English, therefore, some studies may have been omitted. Conclusion: BIS is more accurate than RE in predicting LOC during sevoflurane anesthesia in adults. However, no significant differences were identified in children. Registration number (PROSPERO): CRD42020163119
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- Tao Liang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
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Eagleman SL, Drover CM, Li X, MacIver MB, Drover DR. Offline comparison of processed electroencephalogram monitors for anaesthetic-induced electroencephalogram changes in older adults. Br J Anaesth 2021; 126:975-984. [PMID: 33640118 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several devices record and interpret patient brain activity via electroencephalogram (EEG) to aid physician assessment of anaesthetic effect. Few studies have compared EEG monitors on data from the same patient. Here, we describe a set-up to simultaneously compare the performance of three processed EEG monitors using pre-recorded EEG signals from older surgical patients. METHODS A playback system was designed to replay EEG signals into three different commercially available EEG monitors. We could then simultaneously calculate indices from the SedLine® Root (Masimo Inc., Irvine, CA, USA; patient state index [PSI]), bilateral BIS VISTA™ (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA; bispectral index [BIS]), and Datex Ohmeda S/5 monitor with the Entropy™ Module (GE Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA; E-entropy index [Entropy]). We tested the ability of each system to distinguish activity before anaesthesia administration (pre-med) and before/after loss of responsiveness (LOR), and to detect suppression incidences in EEG recorded from older surgical patients receiving beta-adrenergic blockers. We show examples of processed EEG monitor output tested on 29 EEG recordings from older surgical patients. RESULTS All monitors showed significantly different indices and high effect sizes between comparisons pre-med to after LOR and before/after LOR. Both PSI and BIS showed the highest percentage of deeply anaesthetised indices during periods with suppression ratios (SRs) > 25%. We observed significant negative correlations between percentage of suppression and indices for all monitors (at SR >5%). CONCLUSIONS All monitors distinguished EEG changes occurring before anaesthesia administration and during LOR. The PSI and BIS best detected suppressed periods. Our results suggest that the PSI and BIS monitors might be preferable for older patients with risk factors for intraoperative awareness or increased sensitivity to anaesthesia.
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- Sarah L Eagleman
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Smith FJ, Spijkerman S, Becker PJ, Coetzee JF. Entropy of the electroencephalogram as applied in the M-Entropy S/5™ Module (GE Healthcare) during increases in nitrous oxide and constant sevoflurane concentrations. SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2010.10872693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Liu N, Le Guen M, Boichut N, Genty A, Hérail T, Schmartz D, Khefif G, Landais A, Bussac J, Charmeau A, Baars J, Rehberg B, Tricoche S, Chazot T, Sessler D, Fischler M. Nitrous oxide does not produce a clinically important sparing effect during closed-loop delivered propofol–remifentanil anaesthesia guided by the bispectral index: a randomized multicentre study. Br J Anaesth 2014; 112:842-51. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Servin F, Billard V. IV. Surrogate measures, do they really describe anaesthetic state? Br J Anaesth 2014; 112:787-90. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hagihira S, Takashina M, Mori T, Mashimo T. The impact of nitrous oxide on electroencephalographic bicoherence during isoflurane anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2012; 115:572-7. [PMID: 22584553 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3182575b70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND We previously reported that electroencephalographic (EEG) bicoherence, the degree of phase coupling among the frequency components of a signal, showed 2 peaks during isoflurane anesthesia. Hayashi et al. (Br J Anaesth 2007;99:389-95) also revealed that the peak frequency of bicoherence around 10 Hz increased when ketamine was added. Because nitrous oxide (N(2)O) and ketamine share several common features, they are often treated as the same category of anesthetic. Here, we investigated the effect of N(2)O on EEG bicoherence and other EEG derivatives during isoflurane anesthesia. METHODS Twenty patients (aged 34-72 years, ASA physical status I and II) of either gender who underwent elective laparoscopic surgery were included. Raw EEG data, along with EEG-derived parameters, were recorded using an A-1050 Bispectral Index (BIS) monitor and our self-authored Bispectral Analyzer for BIS software. We compared 2 peaks of EEG bicoherence (pBIC-low, around 4 Hz; and pBIC-high, around 10 Hz), as well as BIS and spectral edge frequency 95% (SEF95). Anesthesia was induced with 3 mg · kg(-1) thiopental and 3 μg · kg(-1) fentanyl. After tracheal intubation, anesthesia was maintained with isoflurane (expired concentration at 1.0%), oxygen, and nitrogen. Fentanyl was added and maintained at an estimated effect-site concentration of >1.5 ng · mL(-1). We obtained baseline data 1 hour after induction of anesthesia, then 70% N(2)O was added for 30 minutes. RESULTS Before N(2)O, pBIC-low and pBIC-high were 49.3% ± 8.3% and 42.4% ± 11.0%. Ten minutes after starting N(2)O, pBIC-high decreased to 14.9% ± 5.9% (P < 0.001), and it was statistically significantly lower throughout the N(2)O period. Meanwhile, pBIC-low transiently decreased to 37.2% ± 12.8% (P = 0.01) during the early phase of N(2)O administration. Before N(2)O, BIS and SEF95 were 43.2 ± 4.9 and 13.1 ± 2.0 Hz, respectively. Both BIS and SEF95 slightly but statistically significantly decreased during N(2)O administration. Fifteen minutes after starting N(2)O, BIS and SEF95 were 35.7 ± 6.2 (P < 0.001) and 8.6 ± 1.8 Hz (P < 0.001) and they decreased more when large δ waves emerged. Fifteen minutes after stopping N(2)O, BIS, SEF95, as well as pBIC-low and pBIC-high returned to pre-N(2)O values. CONCLUSION Dissimilar to the effect of ketamine, N(2)O significantly decreases pBIC-high during isoflurane anesthesia.
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- Satoshi Hagihira
- Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka Prefectural Habikino Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We critically review brain function monitors based on the processed electroencephalogram with regards to signal quality, artefacts and other limitations in clinical performance. RECENT FINDINGS Several studies have been showing that depth of anaesthesia monitors based on processed electroencephalogram has limitations that can lead to a wrong interpretation of the level of anaesthesia. Processed electroencephalogram indices can be altered by nonanaesthetic influences ranging from artefacts that affect signal quality and signal processing, adverse effects of some anaesthetic and nonanaesthetic drugs, neuromuscular blocking agents to conditions inherent to the patient such as cerebral tumours, brain ischemia and temperature. SUMMARY Clinicians should be aware of the several limitations of the commercial devices intending to monitor the depth of anaesthesia, which may not reflect the real underlying level of unconsciousness.
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Jung JY, Han JH, Yi JW, Kang JM. Remifentanil prevents tourniquet-induced arterial pressure increase in elderly orthopedic patients under sevoflurane/N2O general anesthesia. Int J Med Sci 2012; 9:311-5. [PMID: 22701339 PMCID: PMC3372938 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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AIMS Prolonged tourniquet inflation produces a hyperdynamic cardiovascular response. We investigated the effect of continuous remifentanil infusion on systemic arterial pressure, heart rate, and cardiac output changes during prolonged tourniquet use in elderly patients under sevoflurane/N(2)O general anesthesia. METHODS Thirty female patients scheduled for knee replacement arthroplasty were infused with either remifentanil at a target organ concentration of 2.0 ng/mL (remifentanil group, n = 15) or saline (control group, n = 15) after induction of anesthesia. Anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane and N(2)O. Heart rate (HR), systolic arterial pressure (SAP), diastolic arterial pressure (DAP), cardiac index (CI), total systemic vascular resistance index (TSVRI), BIS, end-tidal sevoflurane concentration (EtSEVO), and end-tidal carbon dioxide concentration (EtCO(2)) were measured during the study period. RESULTS There were significant differences in mean HR, SAP, DAP, and EtSEVO over time between the groups (P = 0.047, P < 0.001, P = 0.017, and P < 0.001, respectively). There was a statistically significant time trend effect (P < 0.001) in HR, SAP, DAP, and CI between the groups, with a statistically significant time-group interaction between the two groups (P = 0.02, 0.007, 0.001, 0.01, respectively). CONCLUSION The present study demonstrated that infusion with remifentanil prevented an increase in hemodynamic pressure during tourniquet inflation in elderly patients under sevoflurane/N(2)O general anesthesia.
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- Jun-Young Jung
- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea
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Does Nitrous Oxide Affect Bispectral Index and State Entropy When Added to a Propofol Versus Sevoflurane Anesthetic? J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2010; 22:309-15. [DOI: 10.1097/ana.0b013e3181e4b7c8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ewart L. Nitrous oxide makes me sick: or does it? Nitrous oxide and postoperative nausea and vomiting. J Perioper Pract 2010; 20:215-8. [PMID: 20586362 DOI: 10.1177/175045891002000605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This article evaluates whether avoidance of nitrous oxide in general anaesthesia can improve clinical outcomes in surgical patients by reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting, and whether avoidance should become part of a routine clinical management strategy. Despite some controversy, the greatest strength of evidence suggests that avoidance of nitrous oxide may be justified as a pre-emptive perioperative strategy as part of a multimodal approach to postoperative nausea and vomiting, especially in those patients known to have a higher baseline risk.
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- Luke Ewart
- Operating Department Practice, Canterbury Christchurch University, Rowan Williams Court, 30 Pembroke Court, Chatham Maritime, ME4 4UF.
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One of the most important mandates of the anaesthesiologist is to control the depth of anaesthesia. An unsolved problem is that a straight definition of the depth of anaesthesia does not exist. Concerning this it is rational to separate hypnosis from analgesia, from muscle relaxation and from block of cardiovascular reactions. Clinical surrogate parameters such as blood pressure and heart rate are not well-suited for a valid statement about the depth of hypnosis. To answer this question the brain has become the focus of interest as the target of anaesthesia. It is possible to visualize the brain's electrical activity from anelectroencephalogram (EEG). The validity of the spontaneous EEG as an anesthetic depth monitor is limited by the multiphasic activity, especially when anaesthesia is induced (excitation) and in deep anaesthesia (burst suppression). Recently, various commercial monitoring systems have been introduced to solve this problem. These monitoring systems use different interpretations of the EEG or auditory-evoked potentials (AEP). These derived and calculated variables have no pure physiological basis. For that reason a profound knowledge of the algorithms and a validation of the monitoring systems is an indispensable prerequisite prior to their routine clinical use. For the currently available monitoring systems various studies have been reported. At this time it is important to know that the actual available monitors can only value the sedation and not the other components of anaesthesia. For example, they cannot predict if a patient will react to a painful stimulus or not. In the future it would be desirable to develop parameters which allow an estimate of the other components of anaesthesia in addition to the presently available monitoring systems to estimate sedation and muscle relaxation. These could be sensoric-evoked potentials to estimate analgesia and AEPs for the detection of awareness.
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Dissociating the effects of nitrous oxide on brain electrical activity using fixed order time series modeling. Comput Biol Med 2008; 38:1121-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Revised: 04/24/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Use of Spectral Entropy Monitoring in Reducing the Quantity of Sevoflurane as Sole Inhalational Anesthetic and in Decreasing the Need for Antihypertensive Drugs in Total Knee Replacement Surgery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 46:106-11. [DOI: 10.1016/s1875-4597(08)60003-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lefoll-Masson C, Fermanian C, Aimé I, Verroust N, Taylor G, Laloë PA, Liu N, Aegerter P, Fischler M. The Comparability of Bispectral Index and State Entropy Index During Maintenance of Sufentanil-Sevoflurane-Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2007; 105:1319-25, table of contents. [DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000287247.30810.aa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Park KS, Park JC, Moon BK, Lee SY, Kim JS, No HJ. The Effect of Nitrous Oxide on Cerebral Entropy during Isoflurane Inhalational Anesthesia. Korean J Anesthesiol 2007. [DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2007.52.5.543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Kwan Sik Park
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Cheju National University, Jeju, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
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