The Ageing Brain: Age-dependent changes in the electroencephalogram during propofol and sevofluranegeneral anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages i46-i57

  Purdon, P L ^a,b,c   Pavone, K J ^a   Akeju, O ^a,b   Smith, A C ^c   Sampson, A L ^a   Lee, J ^d   Zhou, D W ^a   Solt, K ^a,b   Brown, E N ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Brain and Cognitive Science ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brain monitoring; EEG; Elderly; Electroencephalography; Propofol; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; OSCILLATION; PATIENT CARE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941640942     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev213     Document Type: Article

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