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 ...

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 ...

About one in 1,000 surgery patients experience the trauma of awareness during anesthesia, and later remember feeling pain and distress during their operation. Many go on to develop symptoms of ...

The leading device that measures brain waves to detect whether a patient is adequately anesthetized is easy to use, costs about $9,000 and has been shown to reduce the risk of waking up in surgery by ...

Unintended intraoperative awareness, which occurs when general anesthesia is not achieved or maintained, affects up to 1% of patients at high risk for this complication. We tested the hypothesis that ...

Postoperative delirium is a potentially dangerous and costly condition that can afflict patients after being anesthetized. However, instances of POD can be lowered through use of one piece of ...

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 ...

Anesthesiology researchers have shown that a device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk that patients will recall their surgery does not lower the risk of the problem, ...