Nociception monitoring

Abstract

This thesis concentrates on nociception monitoring during general anesthesia. Nociception is the process of encoding noxious stimuli, which are potential damaging events. During general anesthesia nociception will produce behavioral, autonomic and hormonal responses. We designed a series of studies to address the utility of nociception monitoring in clinical practice on hemodynamic stability, opioid consumption, arousal state and postoperative pain.