Limitations of anaesthesia depth monitoring

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 657-664

  Lobo, Francisco A ^a   Schraag, Stefan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefacts; depth of anaesthesia; electroencephalography; monitoring; technology

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; KETAMINE; MIVACURIUM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUGAMMADEX; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTIFACT; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; BRAIN TUMOR; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENTROPY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL CONDITION; HUMAN; MONITOR; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; ARTIFACTS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEEP SEDATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 81855194446     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834c7aba     Document Type: Review

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