Abstract:Objective To analyze the effects of bispectral index (BIS) and Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) on sedated of patients of pulmonary encephalopathy with invasive mechanical ventilation. Methods A total of 38 patients of pulmonary encephalopathy with invasive mechanical ventilation were chosen and sedated by Propofol or Midazolam intravenously. Each patient was evaluated the sedation level by using BIS and RASS simultaneously every 30 minutes. The total difference of BIS median was compared with that of the corresponding RASS in each time point. The correlation of the BIS and the corresponding RASS was analyzed by the rank correlation analysis. The sensitivity and Youden indexes of BIS were calculated, and the clinical value of BIS to the sedation degree was identified. Results There was significant difference between BIS median and corresponding RASS in each time point (P < 0.05). There was negative correlation between BIS median and the corresponding RASS by the rank correlation analysis ( r= -0.824, P< 0.05). The BIS median decreased along with the increase of sedation depth (P <0.05). When the patients were optimally sedated, the RASS class was -3 ~ 0, and the corresponding BIS median (95%CI) was 67 (61, 73), 70 (66, 76), 83 (80, 85) and 89 (87, 94) respectively. When patients were insufficiently sedated, the BIS median was 81 and the sensitivity and Youden indexes of BIS were highest at this point, which was 0.87 and 0.16 respectively. When the sedation depth of patient was excessive, the BIS median was 46 and the sensitivity and Youden indexes of BIS were highest at this point, which were 0.98 and 0.78 respectively. Conclusion BIS index has a good correlation with RASS, which can monitor the sedation depth of patients of pulmonary encephalopathy with invasive mechanical ventilation.