Affiliation:
1. Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Abstract
Entropy™ is a new EEG based technology developed as a measure of depth of anaesthesia. The Entropy algorithm quantifies the degree of disorder in the EEG. During anaesthesia the disorder of the EEG, or entropy, falls. Entropy is independent of absolute frequency or amplitude of the EEG. This may make it suitable for paediatric anaesthesia. In this prospective observational blinded study we recorded the Entropy and Bispectral Index™ in 23 children undergoing general anaesthesia with isoflurane and nitrous oxide, supplemented with peripheral nerve blockade. We recorded Entropy at several times during anaesthesia, pre-awakening and 1-minute post-awakening. Entropy pre-awakening and 1 minute after awakening was compared to a value during anaesthesia in three age groups; less than one-year-old (infants), one to five years (toddlers) and five to twelve years (children). The correlation between BIS and Entropy was also calculated. Entropy post-awakening was higher than during anaesthesia for all age groups. Entropy pre-awakening was higher than during anaesthesia for the children and toddlers. This was not as apparent in infants. There was a strong correlation between BIS and Entropy for children and toddlers. The correlation was less for infants. This study demonstrates that, in children, Entropy is lower during anaesthesia when compared to awake values. Further evaluation in the paediatric population is worthwhile.
Subject
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
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