Awareness of bispectral index monitoring system among the critical care nursing personnel in a tertiary care hospital of India

Background: Bispectral index monitoring system (BIS) is one of the several systems used to measure the effects of anaesthetic and sedative drugs on the brain and to track changes in the patient′s level of sedation and hypnosis. BIS monitoring provides information clinically relevant to the adjustmen...

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Main Authors: Shikha Thakur, Tarandeep Kaur, Sukhpal Kaur, Hemant Bhagat, Sandhya Narayanan, Neerja Bhardwaj, Jyotsna Wig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2011;volume=55;issue=6;spage=563;epage=566;aulast=Thakur