Abstract Background Awareness under general anesthesia is an unpleasant phenomenon that usually goes unnoticed and neglected. Numerous incidences of intraoperative awareness are not reported. Reasons for might be the inadequate depth anesthesia, less effective drugs, lack proper monitoring equipment, untrained medical staff. The purpose this study to evaluate during titrate amount anesthetic ag...

OBJECTIVE The bispectral index (BIS) is a parameter derived by electroencephalography (EEG) which provides a direct measurement of the effects of sedatives and anesthetics on the brain and offers guidance on the adequacy of anesthesia. The literature lacks studies on BIS monitoring in pediatric patients with congenital brain disease undergoing general anesthesia. CLINICAL FEATURES A 13-year-o...

We describe a case in which risk of awareness was minimized by using bispectral index monitoring. The patient had a history of awareness in two previous surgeries. She was a 50-year obese female, known case of hypertension and acid peptic disease, with a history of hysterectomy and cholecystectomy performed 3 years and 2 years ago respectively, and gave a history of awareness in both operations...

Earlier diagnosis of cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) and treatment has the potential to decrease post-bleed morbidity after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Previous studies have shown that electroencephalogram (EEG) can detect blood flow changes associated with DCI sooner than other modalities potentially leading to earlier diagnosis. However, continual monitoring with raw...