Comparison between High- and Low-Cost Transmission of Tele-Anesthesia in Japan

Table 2

	Total		Fix VPN		Best-effort VPN
	Command	Command/case	Command	Command/case	Command	Command/case
Anesthetic drugs
Propofol	100	1.18	75	1.15	42	1.20
Fentanyl	133	1.56	110	1.69	48	1.37
Remifentanil (civ)	297	3.49	235	3.62	106	3.03
RB (IV)	135	1.59	97	1.49	65	1.86
NSAIDs	47	0.55	28	0.43	32	0.91
Sugammadex	87	1.02	67	1.03	35	1.00
Vasoactive drugs
Ephedrine	66	0.78	50	0.77	28	0.80
Phenylephrine (IV)	25	0.29	12	0.18	15	0.43
Phenylephrine (civ)	46	0.54	37	0.57	10	0.29
Atropine	43	0.51	31	0.48	20	0.57
Others	3	0.04	3	0.05	0	0.00
Other drugs
Antibiotics	84	1.0	64	1.0	35	1.00
Local anesthesia	32	0.4	18	0.3	18	0.51
Other procedures
div speed	167	2.0	118	1.8	77	2.20
Volatile Anesthetics	219	2.6	171	2.6	78	2.23
Ventilator	199	2.3	155	2.4	63	1.80
Alarm setting	32	0.4	29	0.4	4	0.11
Total	1715		1300		676

civ: continuous venous infusion.