Open AccessElectroencephalographic Arousal Patterns Under Dexmedetomidine Sedation
Author(s) -
Jamie Sleigh,
Susana Vacas,
Alana M. Flexman,
Pekka Talke
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003590
Subject(s) - dexmedetomidine , sedation , medicine , anesthesia , electroencephalography , arousal , psychology , neuroscience , psychiatry
The depth of dexmedetomidine-induced sedation is difficult to assess without arousing the patient. We evaluated frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) as an objective measure of dexmedetomidine-induced sedation. Our aims were to characterize the response patterns of EEG during a wide range of dexmedetomidine-induced sedation and to determine which spectral power best correlated with assessed levels of dexmedetomidine-induced sedation.