Clinical Conditions That Could Alter Processed Electroencephalography Depth of Anesthesia Monitoring
摘要
We are often confronted with processed Electroencephalography-Depth Of Anesthesia (pEEG-DOA) monitors’ readings that do not concur with “clinically judged hypnotic state” arising from an underlying pathophysiology alteration of the patients’ own electroencephalography (EEG) cerebral function or those due to shortcomings in the performance and design of the pEEG-DOA monitors. Numerous clinical conditions that have a direct effect on EEG cerebral function could thus directly influence pEEG-DOA indices.