One of the greatest challenges in the ICU is how to make the transition from attempted cure to optimal palliative care as seamless as possible (Cyhan, 2001). The use of the BIS monitor in this case ...

Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring provides an objective, non-invasive measurement of the level of consciousness in a sedated patient. In this prospective study, we aimed to investigate the hypothesis ...

Preliminary results of two studies of intraoperative awareness have led the Food and Drug Administration to broaden its approval of a device that may help anesthesiologists better monitor patients so ...

Awareness during anesthesia is a serious complication with potential long-term psychological consequences. Use of the bispectral index (BIS), developed from a processed electroencephalogram, has been ...

Patients describe it as like being buried alive. The worse part is not the pain, they say, although that can be excruciating, but the horror of being paralysed, unable to talk and yet totally aware of ...

Anesthesiology researchers have shown that a device to reduce the risk that patients will recall their surgery does not lower the risk of intraoperative awareness any more than a less expensive method ...

The BIS monitor measures muscular and cortical activity using a single, small, flexible sensor that is applied to the forehead and temporal region. The monitor produces a value every 15 seconds that ...