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EEG technologies. First, different anaesthetic agents generate different EEG patterns or …

Current processed EEG monitors are limited by their calibration range and the interpatient
variability in their dose–response curves. The next generation of depth-of-anesthesia …

THE electroencephalogram (EEG) is enjoying a renaissance of interest as a clinical
monitoring tool during anesthesia and sedation. This revival is the result of two recent …

Background. Power spectral analysis is a well-established method for the analysis of EEG
signals. Spectral parameters can be used to quantify pharmacological effects of …

Electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring of the brain during general anaesthesia has
been used for more than half a century because it is the only method for giving continuous …

The brain is the principal site of action for general anaesthesia. The electroencephalograph
(EEG) is a method of opening a window on brain function that is still, some 60 years after its …

The current clinical practice of balanced anesthetic technique has obscured many of the
observed physiologic parameters that once indicated the depth of anesthesia …

Direct and indirect inhibitory effects of anaesthetic agents on cortical activity are reflected in
the electroencephalogram (EEG) as:(i) a shift from low-amplitude, high-frequency EEG, to …

The aim of this chapter is to discuss some of the recent findings on monitoring the depth of
anaesthesia, both in general and with respect to α2-agonists. Defining the depth of …

The aim of general anesthesia is the suppression of a patient's experience and explicit
memory of the events taking place from induction through to planned emergence. 1 On a …