Differential rates of false-positive findings in transcranial electric motor evoked potential monitoring when using inhalational anesthesia versus total intravenous anesthesia during spine surgeries

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1440-1446

  Tamkus, Arvydas A ^a   Rice, Kent S ^a   Kim, Howard L ^b  

^a Biotronic NeuroNetwork   (United States)

^b Neural Watch LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive; Inhalational anesthesia; TIVA; Transcranial motor evoked potentials (TCe MEP)

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINE; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905440940     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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