Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Comparative Study
A comparative study on adequate anesthesia depth: clinical judgement and the Narcotrend® measurement.
To compare the clinical judgement of electroencephalogram (EEG)-naïve anesthesiologists with an EEG-based measurement of anesthetic depth (AD) using the Narcotrend® monitor. ⋯ These results suggest that clinical judgement of AD during stable anesthesia was not in agreement with EEG-based assessment of anesthetic depth in 58% of cases. Nevertheless, this finding could be influenced by the lack of validated scales to clinically judge AD.