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Bispectral Index Does Not Correlate with Observer Assessment of Alertness and Sedation Scores During 0.5% Bupivacaine Epidural Anesthesia with Nitrous Oxide Sedation

Kyung Soo Park, PhD, MD^*, Eun Jin Hur, BS^*, Kyung Woo Han, Ho Yeong Kil, MD, PhD, and Tae Hyung Han, MD, PhD, FAAFP

*From the Department of Pharmacology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Tae Hyung Han, MD, PhD, FAAFP, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 94-200 Young Deung Po Dong, Young Deung Po Ku, Seoul, Korea 150-719. Address e-mail to athan{at}unitel.co.kr.

The bispectral index (BIS) has been used as a measure of the degree of sedation and level of hypnosis for IV hypnotics and sedatives, potent volatile anesthetics. We evaluated the effect of increasing concentrations of nitrous oxide (N₂O) on BIS and compared it with the Observer's Assessment of Alertness and Sedation (OAA/S) scale in patients undergoing regional anesthesia. We studied 48 unpremedicated, ASA physical status I–II adult patients scheduled for lower extremity surgery under lumbar epidural anesthesia. N₂O was given in oxygen to achieve measured end-tidal concentrations of 33%, 50%, and 67% N₂O by a tight-fitting facemask, and each N₂O concentration was maintained for 20 min. Paired measurements of BIS and OAA/S scores were obtained just before each increase in N₂O concentration. Forty of the 48 subjects completed the study. Increasing N₂O concentrations produced no changes in BIS despite a significant decrease in OAA/S scores at 50% and 67% N₂O concentrations. The prediction probability for BIS and OAA/S calculated by Somers' d_{x · y} were 0.60 and 0.84, respectively. Anesthesiologists should be aware that the BIS monitor may not be sensitive enough to provide an adequate measure of the depth of sedation and hypnosis when using N₂O alone for sedation. It may be better to monitor sedation clinically (e.g., with the OAA/S scale) to determine the dose requirement and the adequacy of depth of sedation and hypnosis.

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