ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology2021
Does electroencephalographic burst suppression still play a role in the perioperative setting?
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- Beyond processed depth targets: frontal EEG patterns, brain vulnerability, and postoperative delirium in older adults.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2026Review
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- Indian expert consensus on intra-operative consciousness monitoring using processed electroencephalogram-based indices: A Delphi-based approach.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- The silent line: confronting iatrogenic cerebral suppression in the perioperative and critical care settings.Intensive care medicine · 2026Article
- Electroencephalogram monitoring during anesthesia and critical care: a guide for the clinician.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2025Review
- Electroencephalogram Features of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders in Elderly Patients: A Narrative Review of the Clinical Literature.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Electroencephalography spectral edge frequency and suppression rate-guided sedation in patients with COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Seeking the Light in Intensive Care Unit Sedation: The Optimal Sedation Strategy for Critically Ill Patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
With the widespread use of electroencephalogram [EEG] monitoring during surgery or in the Intensive Care Unit [ICU], clinicians can sometimes face the pattern of burst suppression [BS]. The BS pattern corresponds to the continuous quasi-periodic alternation between high-voltage slow waves [the bursts] and periods of low voltage or even isoelectricity of the EEG signal [the suppression] and is extremely rare outside ICU and the operative room. BS can be secondary to increased anesthetic depth or a marker of cerebral damage, as a therapeutic endpoint [i.e., refractory status epilepticus or refractory intracranial hypertension]. In this review, we report the neurophysiological features of BS to better define its role during intraoperative and critical care settings.
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