Transient decreases in Bispectral Index without associated changes in the level of consciousness during photic stimulation in an epileptic patient

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-104

  Ohshima, N ^a   Chinzei, M ^a   Mizuno, K ^b   Hayashida, M ^a,c   Kitamura, T ^a   Shibuya, H ^b   Hanaoka, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Epilepsy; Monitoring, bispectral index; Monitoring, Electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 33845436647     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael309     Document Type: Article

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