Comparing propofol anaesthesia guided by Bispectral Index monitoring and frontal EEG wave analysis with standard monitoring in laparoscopic surgery: protocol for the ‘EEG in General Anaesthesia - More Than Only a Bispectral Index’ Trial, a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

• Luzius A Steiner,
• Salome Dell-Kuster,
• Bettina U Gruber,
• Valerie Girsberger,
• Lukas Kusstatscher,
• Simon Funk,
• Anita Luethy,
• Lien Jakus,
• Julien Maillard,
• Christoph S Burkhart

Affiliations

Luzius A Steiner

Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, BS, Switzerland

Salome Dell-Kuster

consultant and associate professor

Bettina U Gruber

1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland

Valerie Girsberger

1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland

Lukas Kusstatscher

1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland

Simon Funk

3 Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intermediate Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Anita Luethy

4 Department of Anaesthesiology, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Aarau, Switzerland

Lien Jakus

5 Department of Anaesthesiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Julien Maillard

5 Department of Anaesthesiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Christoph S Burkhart

1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland