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EEG Spectrum Changes After the Bolus Injection of Thiopental

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Intracranial Pressure VII

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Abstract

Barbiturate coma is accepted therapy in controlling intracranial hypertension (Marshall et al. 1979; Rockoff et al. 1974). One of the problems in applying this method is to maintain the serum barbiturate at an adequate level. The burst-suppression pattern of EEG is advocated as a guide to an appropriate concentration but it does not develop in all patients (Kassell et al. 1980; Ward et al. 1985; Yano et al. 1981).

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Rohsai Hospital, Ohmori Minami 4-13-21, Ohta-ku Tokyo 143, Japan

    S. Kadoyama, K. Sugiura, H. Takizawa, M. Baba, T. Tachizawa, K. Kunimoto & K. Mochimaru

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  1. Section of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., 48109-0338, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Julian T. Hoff MD (Professor of Surgery, Chief) (Professor of Surgery, Chief)

  2. Crosby Laboratories, Section of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., 48109-0338, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    A. Lorris Betz MD, PhD (Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Surgery, Director) (Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Surgery, Director)

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Kadoyama, S. et al. (1989). EEG Spectrum Changes After the Bolus Injection of Thiopental. In: Hoff, J.T., Betz, A.L. (eds) Intracranial Pressure VII. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73987-3_41

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