Anesthesia and the Brain - The safe and effective use of BIS™, Pt 2: Three phases

For this segment of the discussion on anesthesia and the brain, we discuss the three phases of BIS™ monitoring and how they can potentially provide useful information during anesthesia. To help provide insight into this topic is Dr. Stephen Bader, Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Heritage Valley Health System in Beaver, PA. Brain monitoring is an adjunctive technology that should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis or clinical decision-making.