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Table 5 Summary of levels of anaesthesia, what EEG states they relate to and sample sizes.

From: Peak and averaged bicoherence for different EEG patterns during general anaesthesia

Sedation level

Meaning

Including EEG states

Sample size

   

Number of observations

Number of subjects

1

Awake

2, 3 & 4

169

40

2

Drowsy/very light anaesthesia

5

11

5

3

Light anaesthesia

6

14

4

4

Moderate anaesthesia

7

444

31

5

Deep moderate anaesthesia

8

999

40

6

Deep anaesthesia

9

159

24