title: [Intraoperative awareness during propofol anesthesia with epidural anesthesia].
abstract: This report describes a case of awareness and recall during propofol anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia in a 32-year-old woman scheduled for a resection of left ovarian tumor. After induction, anesthesia was maintained with propofol and epidural anesthesia. About one hour into maintenance, the patient was moving with haemodynamic signs suggesting inadequate analgesia. Immediately after extubation, the patient could recall the abdomen being touched during laparotomy. This case indicates that even if appropriate dose of propofol is administrated, intraoperative awareness may occur especially with inadequate analgesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Clitical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi 329-0498.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakio
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakaigawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Norimasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D015742:Propofol
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015742:Propofol