Monitoring the Depth of General Anaesthesia with Bis Monitor in the Course of Surgical Procedure in Children Shortens the Period of Recovery from General Anaesthesia

• Main Authors: Divak J, Frelich M, Dragula M, Tomaskova H
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2016-08-01
• Series: Acta Medica Martiniana
• Subjects: general anaesthesia; perioperative awareness; depth of general anaesthesia; bispectral index
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/acm-2016-0009

Monitoring the depth of general anaesthesia (GA) enables the anaesthetist to reach the optimal depth of GA, and thus prevent the occurrence of too deep or too shallow anaesthesia, together with all associated consequences. Anaesthesia, which is too shallow, increases the risk of perioperative awareness. In adult patients, the incidence of perioperative awareness is 0.1-0.2 % for the total number of GA procedures, in paediatric population, the clinical studies present the incidence of up to 5 % (1973), 0.8 % (2005) for the total number of GA procedures. Perioperative awareness is a serious complication, with possible psychological consequences for the patients, including post-traumatic stress disorder.