Bispectral Index monitoring for assessment of level of consciousness in brain-injured patients: The journey continues

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2545-2546

  Fodale, Vincenzo ^a   Pratico, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bispectral Index; Brain injury; Encephalopathy; Intensive care unit; Level of consciousness; Monitoring; Sedation

Indexed keywords

BISPECTRAL INDEX; BRAIN INJURY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEDATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10644284768     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000148084.60943.50     Document Type: Editorial

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