[Continuous spectrum analysis during anesthesia and the recovery period in infants under 1 year of age].
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.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000758:Anesthesia; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006221:Halothane; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic
D006221:Halothane
Analyse spectrale continue de l'EEG lors de l'anesthésie et du réveil chez l'enfant de moins de 1 an.