BIS™ Brain Monitoring: It's Personal

Optimal anesthetic administration improves patient outcomes and satisfaction, and may facilitate faster recovery and discharge by minimizing side effects and postoperative complications. Studies have shown that patients whose anesthetic dosing was guided by BIS™ monitoring required less anesthetic drug and experienced:

• Faster extubation.^1,3
• Faster emergence.¹
• Better orientation at the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).¹
• Faster discharge.^1,3

Studies show an 80% reduction in awareness has been demonstrated when using BIS™ monitoring compared to routine care in both intravenous (TIVA, total intravenous anesthesia) and inhaled drug combinations in anesthesia patients.([FOOTNOTE= Zhang, C. Bispectral index monitoring prevents awareness during total intravenous anesthesia: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, multi-center controlled trial. Chinese Medical Journal. 2011;124(22):3664-3669.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=])^,([FOOTNOTE= Myles PS, Leslie K, McNeil J, et al. Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anesthesia: the B-Aware randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2004;363(9423):1757-1763.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=])^,([FOOTNOTE=Ekman A, Lindholm ML, Lennmarken, Sandin R. Reduction in the incidence of awareness using BIS™ monitoring. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2004:48(1):20-26.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=])

With TIVA procedures, the incidence of awareness can be 5-10 times greater than with inhaled anesthetics as a result of the short-acting nature of some intravenous anesthetics used, along with the challenges of monitoring the patient’s level of consciousness. This is all the more reason that BIS™ monitoring is important — it may help reduce the incidence of awareness during TIVA procedures and during inhaled anesthesia.([FOOTNOTE= Sebel PS, Bowdle TA, Ghoneim MM, et al. The incidence of awareness during anesthesia: a multicenter United States study. Anesth Analg. 2004;99(3):833-839.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=])