Bispectral index monitoring during hypoglycemic coma.
Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring is gaining wide acceptance as a gauge of the hypnotic effect of anesthetics. However, change in BIS in relation to the mental status of diabetic patients due to hypoglycemia has not been reported to date. We describe a case in which BIS was found to correlate with a patient's level of consciousness and changes in blood glucose levels.
Wu
Chi-Chen
CC
Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 252 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei, Taiwan 110, Republic of China.
Lin
Chao-Shun
CS
Mok
Martin S
MS
D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic