Optimized PID control of depth of hypnosis in anesthesia

The application of feedback control to drug dosing problems has been largely investigated in the last years (see, for example, [1]) because of the inherent socio-economic benefits. In particular, closing the loop in general anesthesia proved to be highly beneficial in reducing costs for both patient and society at large. In fact, the use of an automatic control system might provide significant benefits such as a reduction of the workload of the anesthesiologist (who has in any case to be present with a supervisory role), a reduction of the amount of drug used (which implies a faster and better recovery time of the patient in the post-operative phase) and, effectively, a more robust performance with less over- and under-dosing episodes.

Source: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - March 17, 2017 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Fabrizio Padula, Clara Ionescu, Nicola Latronico, Massimiliano Paltenghi, Antonio Visioli, Giulio Vivacqua Source Type: research