Substance-Specific Differences in Human Electroencephalographic Burst Suppression Patterns.

ABSTRACT: Different anesthetic agents induce burst suppression in the electroencephalogram (EEG) at very deep levels of general anesthesia. EEG burst suppression has been identified to be a risk factor for postoperative delirium (POD). EEG based automated detection algorithms are used to detect burst suppression patterns during general anesthesia and a burst suppression ratio (BSR) is calculated. Unfortunately, applied algorithms do not give information as precisely as suggested, often resulting in an underestimation of the patients' burst suppression level. Additional knowledge of substance-specific burst suppression patterns could be of great importance to improve the ability of EEG based monitors to detect burst suppression. In a re-analysis of EEG recordings obtained from a previous study, we an

SUBMITTER: Fleischmann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160564 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature