In this 154th episode I welcome Dr. Emery Brown to the show to discuss how we monitor the depth of anesthesia. We discuss the drawbacks to BIS and why Dr. Brown thinks the EEG itself is the best way to go.
CME: https://earnc.me/fbGYsk
References:
EEG reading tutorials: https://eegforanesthesia.iars.org/
Purdon et al: The Ageing Brain: Age-dependent changes in the electroencephalogram during propofol and sevoflurane general anaesthesia
Brown et al: General Anesthesia and Altered States of Arousal: A Systems Neuroscience Analysis. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 2011.
Brown et al: General Anesthesia, Sleep, and Coma. NEJM. 2010.
Brown et al: Multimodal General Anesthesia: Theory and Practice. A&A 2018.
Purdon et al: Clinical Electroencephalography for Anesthesiologists. Part I: Background and Basic Signatures. Anesthesiology 2015.
Dental Anesthesia info:
Contacts:
Thomas Whitmer: thomas.whitmer.tw@gmail.com
Mana saraghi: msaraghi@gmail.com
References:
https://www.ada.org/en/ncrdscb/dental-specialties/specialty-definitions
http://www.ada.org/~/media/CODA/Files/anes.ashx
American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists website: https://www.asdahq.org
Virtual tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ1Mo65ah4w&feature=youtu.be