The majority of deaths occur in the hospital setting, and of these deaths, 20% are in an intensive care unit (ICU). Care provided on the ICU shifts from curative to palliative when a patient's death ...

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting will feature 82 scientific studies including BIS® monitoring when it convenes on October 18-22, 2008 in ...

The B-Aware study showed an absolute risk reduction of 0.74% in anesthesia awareness among high-risk patients to whom anesthesia was administered according to a BIS-guided protocol, as compared with a ...

The leading device that measures brain waves to detect whether a patient is adequately anesthetized is easy to use, costs about $9,000 and has been shown to reduce the risk of waking up in surgery by ...