PubMed · 11137657
Intracranial electroencephalographic changes in deep anesthesia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: It is well known that electroencephalograms (EEGs) show electrical silence in deep anesthesia as well as brain death. This is the first report on intracranial EEG changes in deep anesthesia. METHODS: We developed a new direct brain monitoring system capable of recording intracranial EEGs. This study included 13 patients with head trauma or cerebrovascular accident under deep anesthesia. RESULTS: The intracranial EEGs showed different patterns of wave activity in depth compared with the cortical surface. In 3 of the cases, the scalp EEG showed a flat tracing at 2.0-2.5% of isoflurane. In two of the cases, the intracranial EEGs showed electrical silence when the scalp EEG was flat. Decreasing the concentration of isoflurane to 1.5%, the intracranial EEG showed single paroxysmal appearance of 'revival' theta waves on the electrocorticogram (ECoG) or electroventriculogram (EVG). The intracranial 'revival' wave was followed by high-voltage burst-waves. In another case, at 2.0-2.5% of isoflurane, the amplitude of the waves was greatest on the EVG. CONCLUSION: There is wave activity difference in the brain depth, which the scalp EEG is unable to show. Intracranial EEGs are able to show the first signs of revival after a nearly flat tracing in deep anesthesia.
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H Karasawa, K Sakaida, S Noguchi, K Hatayama, H Naito, N Hirota, K Sugiyama, J Ueno, H Nakajima, Y Fukada, H Kin. 2001. Intracranial electroencephalographic changes in deep anesthesia.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1388-2457(00)00510-1
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