Brain monitoring with electroencephalography and the electroencephalogram- derived bispectral index during cardiac surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-543

  Kertai, Miklos D ^a,b   Whitlock, Elizabeth L ^c   Avidan, Michael S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROMONITORING; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857646016     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31823ee030     Document Type: Review

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