Bispectral analysis in a patient scheduled for thoracic aortic aneurism surgery: spurious values?

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Plinio de Oliveira Holanda
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5986-3765
Evaldo José Paes Pinheiro Júnior

Abstract

Bisspectral analysis (BIS®) may be the most used way to measure the depth of anesthesia. As a simple device, the monitor can show doctors values captured by a sensor attached to the patient's forehead. These values vary from zero (very deep anesthesia) to 100 (awake patient). Ideally, BIS® should be between 40 and 60 during general anesthesia, but spurious values have been described in some articles, and in this case report, we show a situation that may never been reported in the literature.

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Holanda, P. de O., & Pinheiro Júnior, E. J. P. (2024). Bispectral analysis in a patient scheduled for thoracic aortic aneurism surgery: spurious values?. Brazilian Journal of Case Reports, 5(1), bjcr29. https://doi.org/10.52600/2763-583X.bjcr.2025.5.1.bjcr29
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Clinical Case Reports
Author Biographies

Plinio de Oliveira Holanda, Department of Anesthesiology, Instituto Dr. José Frota

Department of Anesthesiology, Instituto Dr. José Frota, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

Evaldo José Paes Pinheiro Júnior, Department of Anesthesiology, Instituto Dr. José Frota

Department of Anesthesiology, Instituto Dr. José Frota, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

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