Patient awareness during general anesthesia: a shocking outcome.
Patient awareness under minimal anesthesia may include the painful impulses of a nerve stimulator used for the monitoring of muscle relaxation. We present a case where discomfort from nerve stimulation was greater than that caused by the surgical incision or the endotracheal tube.
Watkins-Pitchford
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Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8051, USA.
Brull
S J
SJ
Rosenbaum
S H
SH
D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001364:Awareness; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000009:adverse effects; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects