Opinions on BIS Monitors?

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For those of you whose hospitals have integrated BIS Monitors...

How accurate do you think it is?

What has BIS meant to your practice?

Do you use BIS in every case?

Does having a "brain monitor" ease your patient's mind about the procedure?

Ya'll are crackin' me up!

We have used the BIS monitors for quite some time and the company has come and had several educational programs for us. However, for most patients, the BIS monitor simply does not work, IMO. Some patients are extremely accurate while others are way off, therefore their reliability is worthless. The company says you must weigh the pain and agitation separately into the "number". Interesting and true as these are different factors. Just needs more accuracy. Just my 2 cents.

Funny how the companies always think that YOU/WE are the problem and not their device. We have a new continuous NIBP machine that I can only get to work about 1/3 of the time, and even when it works, it's extremely motion-sensitive. But according to them, I'm not putting the transducer on correctly.

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