Drug-Specific Models Improve the Performance of an EEG-based Automated Brain-State Prediction System

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 Jul:2019:5808-5811. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856935.

Abstract

Maintaining anesthetic states using automated brain-state prediction systems is expected to reduce drug overdosage and associated side-effects. However, commercially available brain-state monitoring systems perform poorly on drug-class combinations. We assume that current automated brain-state prediction systems perform poorly because they do not account for brain-state dynamics that are unique to drug-class combinations. In this work, we develop a k-nearest neighbors model to test whether improvements to automated brain-state prediction of drug-class combinations are feasible. We utilize electroencephalogram data collected from human subjects who received general anesthesia with sevoflurane and general anesthesia with the drug-class combination of sevoflurane-plus-ketamine. We demonstrate improved performance predicting anesthesia-induced brain-states using drug-specific models.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation*
  • Brain*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Humans
  • Methyl Ethers

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Methyl Ethers