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Decoding Little Squiggles from Little People: EEG Monitoring for Pediatrics Wanderer, Jonathan P. MD, MPhil; Nathan, Naveen MD
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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ([email protected] )
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ([email protected] )
The Infographic is composed by Jonathan P. Wanderer, MD, MPhil, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ([email protected] ), and Naveen Nathan, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ([email protected] ). Illustration by Naveen Nathan, MD.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005154
Electroencephalograms (EEG) are produced by monitoring surface cortical activity, which have been utilized by anesthesiologists in monitoring brain activity during surgery. Raw EEG signals are processed, producing outputs that include spectrograms. While significant previous study has been performed to understand the relationship between specific anesthetic agents and patterns of response in spectrograms, limited study has been done applying this technique to pediatrics. In this infographic, we review a recent case report that describes the utility of monitoring spectrograms during pediatric anesthetics in informing anesthetic management.
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1. Brandt SP, Walsh EC, Cornelissen L, et al. Case studies using the electroencephalogram to monitor anesthesia-induced brain states in children. Anesth Analg. 2020;131:1043–1056.
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