Intra-anesthetic awareness.
review · Level V
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Abstract
Awareness during anesthesia is as old as anesthesia itself. Using muscle relaxing drugs, operations can be done on a relaxed but fully aware patient. The problem of intra-anesthetic awareness still exists despite the advances in anesthetic drugs and monitoring. This article reviews the subject from some aspects including its causes, signs, tests and medico-legal points. Awareness during anesthesia can be looked at as 'the invisible scars of surgery.'
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, General
- Awareness
- Consciousness
- Surgical Procedures, Operative