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Archive > September, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 9

Anesthesia Alert

5 Good Reasons to Monitor Anesthetic Depth

David Barinholtz, MD

It's been 12 years since the FDA approved the first neurophysiologic monitor for the purpose of assessing anesthetic depth, and yet a great deal of controversy still surrounds this technology, with about half of anesthesia providers embracing routine monitoring and the other half just as passionately rejecting it.

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