The effects of electromyographic activity on the accuracy of the Narcotrend® monitor compared with the Bispectral Index during combined anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 868-874

  Panousis, Periklis ^a   Heller, A R ^a   Burghardt, M ^a   Bleyl, J U ^a   Koch, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSTATECTOMY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; AWARENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE;

EID: 34547867746     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05145.x     Document Type: Article

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