The bispectral index predicts responsiveness to verbal commands in patients emerging from nitrous oxide anesthesia supplemented with a subhypnotic concentration of isoflurane

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-105

  Goto, Takahisa ^a   Ishiguro, Yoshiki ^a   Nakata, Yoshinori ^b   Morita, Shigeho ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bispectral index; Electroencephalography; Nitrous oxide; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MEPIVACAINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORNEA REFLEX; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 20944440500     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-004-0295-8     Document Type: Article

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