Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of depth of anaesthesia monitoring (E-Entropy, Bispectral Index and Narcotrend): A systematic review and economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 1-264

  Shepherd, J ^a   Jones, J ^a   Frampton, G K ^a   Bryant, J ^a   Baxter, L ^a   Cooper, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; CISATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BASE CASE STUDY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAPNOMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG COST; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; E ENTROPY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; END TIDAL ANESTHETIC GAS CONCENTRATION; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER CONTRACTILITY; EXHALED CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; EXTUBATION; EYE OPENING; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD GALVANOMETRY; FUNDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALED CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; LARYNGEAL MASK; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MINIMUM ALVEOLAR CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NARCOTREND; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHONATION; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; RISK OF BIAS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84883472786     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta17340     Document Type: Article

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