Spectral edge frequency of the electroencephalogram to monitor 'depth' of anaesthesia with isoflurane or propofol

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Schwender, D ^a,b   Daunderer, M ^a   Mulzer, S ^a   Klasing, S ^a   Finsterer, U ^a   Peter, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, depth; Anaesthetics i.v., propofol; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Brain, electroencephalography; Memory; Monitoring, electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030056570     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.2.179     Document Type: Article

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