
Continuous spectral EEG activity monitoring has been used in adults as a monitor of brain activity during anesthesia. It has not been used in infants. We studied 22 infants less than 7 months old undergoing minor surgery. Halothane alone or minimal Halothane anesthesia associated with caudal epidural anesthesia were used. Life-Scan analysis, in spite of wide individual variations, allowed us to detect infraclinical hypoxia episodes, it provided informations about operative confort, depth of anesthesia and added in the post-operative period an objective criteria to clinical evaluation of pain. A wide use of such a monitoring is warranted in infants.
Anesthesia Recovery Period, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Humans, Infant, Anesthesia, Electroencephalography, Halothane, Monitoring, Physiologic
Anesthesia Recovery Period, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Humans, Infant, Anesthesia, Electroencephalography, Halothane, Monitoring, Physiologic
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