title: Awake and unable to move: what can perioperative practitioners do to avoid accidental awareness under general anaesthesia?
abstract: I thought the last thing I would remember about my surgery was counting up to 10 ... but that didn't happen... I could hear people talking, instruments banging, the sound of my heart beat coming from the anaesthetic machine and all of a sudden, that horrible pain digging inside my body. Oh my God! I thought. I'm awake! I tried to tell someone but no sound came out of my mouth. I tried to kick my legs, shake my arms, blink, breathe... Nothing!! I couldn't move a muscle. I was paralysed and awake during my operation... I thought I was going to die!!!
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authors: Almeida
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D058926:Intraoperative Awareness; D019990:Perioperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors