Skin conductance monitoring compared with bispectral index® monitoring to assess emergence from general anaesthesia using sevoflurane and remifentanil

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-191

  Ledowski, T ^a   Paech, M J ^b   Storm, H ^c   Jones, R ^a   Schug, S A ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, emergence from; Measurement techniques, skin conductance; Monitoring, bispectral index

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STEADY STATE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PIPERIDINES; REACTION TIME; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 33747372481     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael119     Document Type: Article

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