ASSESSMENT OF RECOVERY FROM SHORT ANAESTHESIA USING THE CEREBRAL FUNCTION MONITOR

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Abstract
In 18 females undergoing minor gynaecological surgery, recovery from anaesthesia, which included methohexitone, has been assessed using: clinical examination, six different psychomotor tasks and, in six patients, e.e.g. The cerebral function monitor (CFM) was used also to determine its value in such patients. Clinical signs and the results of performance tests returned to the pre-anaesthetic values 2 h following anaesthesia, but CFM tracings were still significantly different at 8 h (P < 0.05). Similar changes in e.e.g. were significant only in the first 2 h; this may be a result of the visual analysis of the traces. The results suggest that CFM is a sensitive indicator of persistent effects of anaesthesia.

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