Use of cerebral state index to predict long-term unconsciousness in patients after elective craniotomy with delay recovery

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The major difficulty in postoperative care in patients after craniotomy is to distinguish the intracranial deficits from the residual effect of general anesthesia. In present study, we used cerebral state index (CSI) monitoring in pa...

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Main Authors: Zhou Jian-Xin, Lei Yan-Ni, Xu Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/11/15