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Bispectral Index Monitoring in a Severe Comatose Patient During Surgery
Susana Fernández Galinski, *
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Enriqueta Barrera1
Antonio Valls2
Milagros Montero3
Juan Carlos Alvarez1
Fernando Escolano1
Authors Info & Affiliations
, 1
Enriqueta Barrera1
Antonio Valls2
Milagros Montero3
Juan Carlos Alvarez1
Fernando Escolano1
Authors Info & Affiliations
The Open Anesthesiology Journal
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6 December 2007 •
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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DOI: 10.2174/1874321800701010006
Abstract
A comatose patient required a tracheostomy. His Glasgow Coma Score was 4 and he was intubated with mydriatic and isochoric pupils, without corneal and light reflexes. Two previous EEGs showed signs of severe and diffuse encephalopathy (arreactive delta and theta rhythms) and there were no somatosensory evoked potentials recordable at the scalp. When the tracheostomy procedure was carried out, the Bispectral Index (BIS) helped to titrate the hypnotic and analgesic requirements keeping the haemodynamic parameters stable.