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. 2014 Jun 17;2014(6):CD003843. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003843.pub3
Methods RCT
Participants N=723
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Interventions 1. BIS guided anaesthesia (target BIS 40‐60)
2. End‐tidal anaesthetic concentration (ETAC) guided anaesthesia
Outcomes ‐Time to tracheal extubation.
Notes A single institution who were enrolled in the larger, multicentre BIS or Anaesthesia Gas to Reduce Explicit Recall (BAG‐RECALL) clinical trial.

Acronyms and abbreviations used in these tables

BAG‐RECALL: a multi‐centre, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing bispectral index (BIS) guided versus end‐tidal anaesthetic concentration (ETAC) guided anaesthesia on explicit recall in patients at high risk of intraoperative recall awareness; BIGA: Bispectral index‐guide anaesthesia; BIS: Bispectral index; EBUS: Endobronchial ultrasound; :ETAC: End‐tidal anaesthetic concentration; ICU: Intensive care unit..