Comparison of contemporary EEG derived depth of anesthesia monitors with a 5 step validation process

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-33

  Heyse, Björn ^a   Van Ooteghem, Barbara ^a,c   Wyler, Barbara ^a   Struys, Michel M R F ^b   Herregods, Luc ^a   Vereecke, Hugo ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Bispectral index; Cerebral state index; Depth of anesthesia monitors; EEG; Hypnotic drug effect; Index of consciousness; Narcotrend; Patient state index; Spectral entropy; Validation

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CEREBRAL STATE INDEX; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INDEX OF CONSCIOUSNESS; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NARCOTREND; PATIENT STATE INDEX; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPECTRAL ENTROPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANESTHESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 65649090246     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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