Anesthesia and the Brain - The safe and effective use of BIS™, Pt 4: Issues impacting BIS™ value

For this segment of the discussion on anesthesia and the brain, we discuss the issues that could impact the BIS™ monitoring values. To help answer this question 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.