Invariant Reversible QEEG Effects of Anesthetics

@article{John2001InvariantRQ,
  title={Invariant Reversible QEEG Effects of Anesthetics},
  author={E. Roy John and Leslie S. Prichep and Wolfgang J. Kox and Pedro A. Vald{\'e}s-Sosa and Jorge Bosch-Bayard and Eduardo Aubert and M. Tom and F. diMichele and Laverne Gugino},
  journal={Consciousness and Cognition},
  year={2001},
  volume={10},
  pages={165-183}
}
Continuous recordings of brain electrical activity were obtained from a group of 176 patients throughout surgical procedures using general anesthesia. Artifact-free data from the 19 electrodes of the International 10/20 System were subjected to quantitative analysis of the electroencephalogram (QEEG). Induction was variously accomplished with etomidate, propofol or thiopental. Anesthesia was maintained throughout the procedures by isoflurane, desflurane or sevoflurane (N = 68), total… 
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