• A Schultz, U Grouven, F A Beger, and B Schultz.
• Arbeitsgruppe Informatik/Biometrie der Anästhesie, Klinikum Hannover Oststadt, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany. AB.Schultz@t-online.de
• Biomed Tech (Berl). 2004 Mar 1;49(3):38-42.

AbstractA reliable assessment of the depth of hypnosis during sedation and general anaesthesia using the EEG is a subject of current interest. The Narcotrend Index implemented in the latest version 4.0 of the EEG monitor Narcotrend provides an automatic classification of the EEG on a scale ranging from 100 (awake) to 0 (very deep hypnosis, EEG suppression). The classification algorithms implemented in the EEG monitor Narcotrend are described. In a study the correlation of the propofol effect-site concentration with the Narcotrend Index and with the traditional spectral parameters total power, relative power in the standard frequency bands delta, theta, alpha, and beta, median frequency, 95% spectral edge frequency, burst-compensated spectral edge frequency, and spectral entropy was investigated. The Narcotrend Index had the highest average correlation with the propofol effect-site concentration and the smallest variability of the individual correlation values. Moreover, the Narcotrend Index was the only parameter which showed a monophasic trend over the whole investigated time period. The Narcotrend monitor can make a significant contribution to the improvement of the quality of anaesthesia by adjusting the dosage of hypnotics to individual patient needs.

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