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. 2020 Nov 17;5(4):20190013. doi: 10.1515/pp-2019-0013

Table 1:

Standard operating procedure for PIPAC anaesthesia.

Location
  • Operating room with negative pressure/good laminar flow

  • Adjacent induction room with capability to have a closed seal from operating room

    • Power points within the room to enable charging of TIVA pumps and equipment
    • Small window to view the patient in the operating theatre and also the monitor to view the vitals of the patient
  • Ideally an adjacent room with capability to monitor the patients vitals as shown on the monitor inside in real time

Equipment
  • Anaesthesia machine with ventilator

  • Monitor with vitals monitoring:

    • Electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring, pulse oximetry, capnography and blood pressure measurement
    • Capability invasive blood pressure monitoring
    • Bispectral index monitoring or entropy
  • Monitor should be able to be swivelled towards the window of the adjacent room to enabling viewing

  • TIVA pump to run Propofol infusion

  • Extension lines for drug infusion

  • One way valve tubing or adapter for Propofol infusion (TIVA)

Drugs Premedication/Antiemetics:
  • IV Dexamethasone (4–8 mg)

  • IV Ondansetron 8 mg

Anaesthesia drugs:
  • IV Propofol for TIVA infusion

  • Opioids: for intubation and intraoperative analgesia
    • Fentanyl (0.5–1 mcg/kg)
    • Morphine (1–2 mg as titrated, 0.1 mg/kg acute postoperative pain control)
    • Remifentanil – is typically not required since PIPAC is not very painful
  • Paralytics:
    • IV Atracurium (0.5 mg/kg intubating dose)
    • Suxamethonium (1–1.5 mg/kg for intubation in rapid sequence induction)
  • Analgesics:
    • Paracetamol 1 g IV (15 mg/kg dose for patients under 50 kg)
    • NSAIDs (IV Parecoxib 40 mg. For patients <50 kg: 20 mg)
    • Local anaesthetics
  • Ropivacaine/Bupivacaine for regional anaesthesia is considered

Drug doses (reference no. [11]).