An assessment of the validity of spectral entropy as a measure of sedation state in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-315

  Walsh, Timothy S ^a   Ramsay, Pamela ^a   Lapinlampi, T Petteri ^b   Särkelä, Mika O K ^b   Viertiö Oja, Hanna E ^b   Meriläinen, Pekka T ^b,c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GE Healthcare Finland Oy   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Electroencephalogram; Sedation monitoring; Sedatives; Spectral entropy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MALE; RAMSAY SEDATION SCALE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SPECTRAL ENTROPY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38849094508     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0858-x     Document Type: Article

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