Intraoperative awareness: controversies and non-controversies.
Intraoperative awareness, with or without recall, continues to be a topic of clinical significance and neurobiological interest. In this article, we review evidence pertaining to the incidence, sequelae, and prevention of intraoperative awareness. We also assess which aspects of the complication are well understood (i.e. non-controversial) and which require further research for clarification (i.e. controversial).
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA gmashour@med.umich.edu.
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Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
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D054810:Deep Sedation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D058926:Intraoperative Awareness / Q000453:epidemiology; D011939:Mental Recall; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology
D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
anaesthesia; awareness; consciousness; post-traumatic stress disorder