title: Bispectral Index Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery.
abstract: To obtain the optimal anesthesia depth is not easy in cardiovascular surgery patients where the haemodynamic reserve is limited, due to reasons such as not being able to give the desired dose of anesthetic agent, or the change in the pharmacokinetics of the agent in the heart-lung machine. This study was planned to assess the contribution of bispectral index (BIS) monitoring in the depth of anesthesia.
  
  
  
  The patients were divided into 2 groups, and BIS monitoring was used for each patient. Group 1 (G1 n=35): keeping the BIS monitor screen open, the anesthesia need was set. Group 2 (G2 n=35): BIS monitor was tied to the patient and the monitor screen was closed in such a way that the anaesthesist couldn't see the BIS value. When the recording time came, the data on the monitor was recorded. The need for the anesthetic agent was set according to the parameters such as haemodynamics or follow up of pupils, instead of BIS value, by titrating the anesthetic infusion doses.
  
  
  
  BIS values were similar in both groups before the induction, BIS values in both groups showed a decrease, showing no significant statistical difference (P>0.05). One patient in each group said that he dreamt, and one patient in G2 said that he had heard a noise and felt that he was taken from one place to another.
  
  
  
  The management should be done with clinical evaluation, haemodynamics and other monitorization methods and BIS monitoring findings together.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hanife Karakaya
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kabukcu
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nursel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kezban
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozkaloglu
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Golbasi
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tulin Aydogdu
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Titiz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000008:administration & dosage; D056805:Consciousness Monitors / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D058926:Intraoperative Awareness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015742:Propofol / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D005283:Fentanyl; D015742:Propofol