Monitoring Cerebral Function: Clinical Experience with New Device for Continuous Recording of Electrical Activity of Brain
- 26 June 1971
- Vol. 2 (5764) , 736-738
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.5764.736
Abstract
A device, the cerebral function monitor, provides a continuous record of the electrical activity of the brain occurring at frequencies from 2 to 15 Hz. It is relatively cheap, portable, and easy to use and interpret. The apparatus has proved of value in three circumstances: firstly, when the cerebral circulation is likely to be vulnerable during open heart surgery; secondly, as a measure of recovery or deterioration following brain damage or drug overdose; and thirdly, where information about more physiological changes in cerebral function is required, for instance when testing anaesthetic and hypnotic drugs.Keywords
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