Oral Surg Oral Med O
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Oral Surg Oral Med O · Oct 2002
BIS monitoring during midazolam and midazolam-ketamine conscious intravenous sedation for oral surgery.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the bispectral index scale (BIS) would provide added benefit to established methods of monitoring conscious sedation with midazolam (M group) or midazolam supplemented with ketamine (MK group). ⋯ BIS levels remained close to baseline levels, suggesting that BIS would not provided any additional benefit to currently established methods of monitoring patient consciousness during conscious sedation for oral surgery.