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. 2006 Sep;38(3):220–229.

Table 4.

Monitoring.

Site Percentage
Dedicated patient monitor (slave screen)
    Always 73.1
    Nearly always 11.9
    Sometimes   3.9
    Never 11.1
Closed circuit television/mirror for surgical field vision
    Always 17.1
    Nearly always   6.9
    Sometimes 19.8
    Never 56.2
Trans-cranial doppler
    Sometimes   9.1
    Never 90.9
Bispectral index monitor
    Always 12   
    Nearly always 24.9
    Sometimes 17.6
    Never 45.2
Regional cerebral oximetry
    Sometimes 25.7
    Never 74.3
Activated clotting time
    Always 100     
Heparin concentration
    Always   5.3
    Nearly always
    Sometimes   9.5
    Never 85.2
Thromboelastograph
    Always   2.3
    Nearly always   1.4
    Sometimes 16.1
    Never 80.2
Superior vena cava/jugular pressure
    Always 70   
    Nearly always   9.4
    Sometimes 15.6
    Never   5.1
Left atrial pressure/pulmonary artery pressure
    Always 39.2
    Nearly always 26.6
    Sometimes 32.9
    Never   1.3
Electroencephalogram
    Always
    Nearly always
    Sometimes   2.3
    Never 95.7