USEFULNESS OF BRAIN SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN ANESTHESIA - Overview of the Problem and Results from a Clinical Study

Carmen González, Marina Mendes, Pedro Amorim, Joaquim Mendes, Catarina S. Nunes

2009

Abstract

Loss of consciousness (LOC) detection is essential for better anesthesia guidance. Clinical signs and brain monitoring are currently used in operating rooms to assess the state of consciousness. However, a patient-independent, accurate and reliable indicator of LOC is not currently available. We studied 69 patients undergoing general anesthesia, investigating a possible relationship between loss of consciousness and BIS and EMG signals registered during induction. Neither BIS and EMG values at LOC, nor their abrupt fall proved to be good indicators of loss of consciousness. Further work needs to be done in order to reliably detect loss of consciousness.

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González C., Mendes M., Amorim P., Mendes J. and Nunes C. (2009). USEFULNESS OF BRAIN SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN ANESTHESIA - Overview of the Problem and Results from a Clinical Study . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-65-4, pages 311-315. DOI: 10.5220/0001546403110315


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals09,
author={Carmen González and Marina Mendes and Pedro Amorim and Joaquim Mendes and Catarina S. Nunes},
title={USEFULNESS OF BRAIN SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN ANESTHESIA - Overview of the Problem and Results from a Clinical Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={311-315},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001546403110315},
isbn={978-989-8111-65-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2009)
TI - USEFULNESS OF BRAIN SIGNALS FOR THE DETECTION OF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN ANESTHESIA - Overview of the Problem and Results from a Clinical Study
SN - 978-989-8111-65-4
AU - González C.
AU - Mendes M.
AU - Amorim P.
AU - Mendes J.
AU - Nunes C.
PY - 2009
SP - 311
EP - 315
DO - 10.5220/0001546403110315