Singapore 2011

1 April 2011

Dr. Minto was asked by the organising committee of WorldSIVA to chair a meeting of the Open TCI Initiative from 8AM-9AM a the ‘Meet the Expert Session’ at the Third World Congress of TIVA/TCI in Singapore.

The lecture hall was full, with many people attending. At the commencement of the meeting, a show of hands was asked for to indicate how many of the people at the meeting were in fact members of the Open TCI Initiative with completed disclosure statements. The only members present, as indicated by this show of hands, were: Charles Minto, Thomas Schnider and Iain Glen.

Rather than hold a formal meeting, Dr. Minto decided to gave a 15 minute presentation about the Open TCI Initiative. This was followed by a 40 minute ‘Question and Answer’ session.

The 15 min Presentation

• This website was displayed on the projection system.¹
• The three goals were reviewed.
  • Open Source Code – the available code was briefly outlined. We have received no comments or improvements to the posted algorithms from industry.
  • Raw Data – the available data was briefly outlined. However, there are still many data sets available, which need to be more actively sought.
  • Discussion and Recommendations – some discussion and no recommendations to date.
  • The publications were listed.

The Question and Answer Session

• Iain Glen commented on the interaction between Industry, the Regulatory Authorities and The Open TCI Initiative.
• Thomas Bouillon made the point that models currently used in commercial pumps are based on a relatively small proportion of the available data.
• In response to a question, the main differences between the different implementations of the models for propofol, remifentanil and alfentanil were outlined.