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The relationship of bispectral index values to conscious state: an analysis of two volunteer cohort studies
Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia.
Department of Anaesthesia, Cairns Hospital, QLD, Australia ; James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States.
Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland ; Department of Perioperative Services, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Finland.
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2024 (English)In: British Journal of Anaesthesia, ISSN 0007-0912, E-ISSN 1471-6771Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Background: The ability of current depth-of-anaesthesia monitors to differentiate subtle changes in the conscious state has not been well characterised. We examine the variability in bispectral index (BIS) scores associated with disconnected conscious and unconscious states as confirmed by a novel serial awakening paradigm. Methods: Seventy adult participants, given propofol or dexmedetomidine, had a cumulative 1381 electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings across two centres. Participants were awakened periodically, and their recent conscious experience interrogated by structured questioning. BIS were reconstructed from EEG using openibis, and the distribution of BIS scores were compared using linear mixed effects modelling. The predictive capacity of BIS across states of consciousness was also examined. Results: Reconstructed BIS scores correlated significantly with blood concentrations of propofol and dexmedetomidine (all P<0.001). However, while the average BIS was different between baseline wakefulness (mean BIS=95.1 [standard deviation=3.5]); connected consciousness with drug present (84.0 [10.9]); disconnected consciousness (70.0 [16.9]); and unconsciousness (68.1 [16.1]), the interquartile range of these states (3.6, 15.1, 23.3 and 26.8, respectively) indicated high degrees of overlap and individual variability. Connected consciousness could be differentiated from either disconnected consciousness or unconsciousness with 86% accuracy (i.e. 14% error rate), and disconnected consciousness differentiated from unconsciousness with 74% accuracy. Conclusions: These results agree with previous studies that BIS scores fail to reliably differentiate between states of consciousness, exacerbated by segregating connected, disconnected, and unconscious states. To develop a method that reliably identifies the conscious state of an individual (not an average), work is needed to establish the causal mechanisms of disconnection and unconsciousness. 

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Elsevier, 2024.
Keywords [en]
BIS, bispectral index, consciousness assessment, dexmedetomidine, openibis, propofol, serial awakening
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Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Bioinformatics (Computational Biology) Neurosciences Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
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Consciousness and Cognitive Neuroscience
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-24797DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.09.032PubMedID: 39665912Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85211744338OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-24797DiVA, id: diva2:1922573
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Academy of Finland, 266467Academy of Finland, 266434
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© 2024 British Journal of Anaesthesia

Correspondence Address: J.J. Wehrman; Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; email: Jordan.Wehrman@sydney.edu.au; CODEN: BJANA

Analysis was supported by ANZCA (ANZCA 24/009); the Wisconsin data were supported by the Department of Anesthesiology of the University of Wisconsin and US National Institutes of Health (1R01NS117901-01 to RDS); the Finnish data were supported by the Academy of Finland (266467, 266434); Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation; VSSHP-EVO (13323); Doctoral Programme of Clinical Investigation, University of Turku Graduate School (AS, OK); Emil Aaltonen Foundation (REK, OK); Signe and Ane Gyllenberg

Available from: 2024-12-19 Created: 2024-12-19 Last updated: 2025-01-14Bibliographically approved

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