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Development and Application of Electroencephalography

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The Electroencephalogram in Anesthesia

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The electroencephalogram is a neurophysiological technique for examining cerebral electric activity; it can be applied to many medical fields and has allowed considerable advances to be made. This has been due to the development of data processing and signal analysis as well as to experience in the clinical application of the findings (Jung 1953; Copper etal. 1974; Dolce and Kunkel 1975; Remond 1977). Berger, whose name is linked inseparably with the history of electroencephalography, hoped to determine the mechanisms of psychic processes with this new harmless method (Kolle 1965). His expectations were not fulfilled, but he did recognize the value of electroencephalography as an experimental method in the study of drug-induced changes of consciousness. In 1933, he performed the first electroencephalogram (EEG) recording under chloroform anesthesia. Subsequently, barbiturates, synthesized in 1932, were thoroughly studied with the EEG [27]. This led to the development of EEG-controlled dosage machines [23]. Research in clinical neurophysiology with respect to the technique and validity of electroencephalography revealed further possibilities for application. In anesthesiology, the EEG has proven useful in special indications (e.g., open heart surgery, intra- and postoperative cerebral emergency).

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Pichlmayr, I., Lips, U., Künkel, H. (1984). Development and Application of Electroencephalography. In: The Electroencephalogram in Anesthesia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69562-9_1

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