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. 2020 Oct 16;38(1):73–81. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001357

Table 1.

Criteria for unwanted events

Inadequate anaesthesia
 Hypertension MAP > 120% of baseline or MAP ≥ 100 mmHg
 Tachycardia HR > 100 bpm
 Somatic arousal Coughing, chewing, grimacing, breathing against ventilator
 Somatic response Gross movement of extremities
Hypotension MAP < 80% of baseline or MAP < 60 mmHg
Bradycardia HR < 80% of baseline or HR < 45 bpm

Hypotension or bradycardia. The duration of the change needed to be clinically relevant to be counted. For heart rate, duration must be more than 30 s, and for noninvasive blood pressure, two consecutive measurements (3-min pause between measurements). HR, heart rate; MAP, mean arterial pressure. Adapted from18.