"Precision anesthesia [...] where we can give patients the anesthetic and the doses that they require on a patient specific basis"

This piece looks at nociception, the neural processes of encoding and processing "noxious" stimuli. By monitoring this anesthetic practitioners can deploy a level of precision not previously possible.

Regular listeners may wish to refer back to previous podcasts on this subject:

EBPOM LIVE from London | Pain monitoring - with Frank Overdyk, Professor of Anaesthesiology, Charleston, South Carolina: https://www.topmedtalk.com/11813-2/

TopMedTalks to … | Dan Longrois on nociception: https://www.topmedtalk.com/topmedtalks-to-dan-longrois-on-nociception/

Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Anil Hormis, Professor, Consultant in anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.