Consciousness, awareness, and anesthesia

Consciousness, awareness, and anesthesia / edited by George A. Mashour.

"Hypnosis, amnesia, and immobility are three major therapeutic endpoints of general anesthesia. In one to two cases out of a thousand, hypnosis and amnesia are not achieved - often leaving a patient paralyzed but capable of experiencing and remembering intraoperative events. Awareness during ge...

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Other Authors: Mashour, George A. (George Alexander), 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Cambridge medicine (Series)
Subjects:
Anesthesia.
Consciousness.
Awareness.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Anesthesia.
MEDICAL > Anesthesiology.
Anesthesia
Awareness
Consciousness
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Table of Contents:
  • Relevance of sleep neurobiology for cognitive neuroscience and anesthesiology / Giancarlo Vanini, Helen A. Baghdoyan, and Ralph Lydic
  • The neurobiology of consciousness / Christof Koch and Florian Mormann
  • Memory formation during general anesthesia / Chantal Kerssens and Michael Alkire
  • Dreaming during anesthesia / Kate Leslie
  • Etiology and risk factors of intraoperative awareness / Mohammed Ghoneim
  • Monitoring anesthetic depth / Gerhard Schneider
  • Current controversies in intraoperative awareness I / Paul S. García and Peter Sebel
  • Current controversies in intraoperative awareness II / Benjamin J. Palanca, Adam Searleman, and Michael S. Avidan
  • Awareness during general anesthesia in the pediatric population / Andrew J. Davidson and Rachel Hutchens
  • Psychological consequences of intraoperative awareness / Claes Lennmarken and Gunilla Sydsjo
  • Medicolegal consequences of intraoperative awareness / Karen B. Domino and Christopher D. Kent
  • Complaints of awareness after sedation and regional anesthesia : the role of patient expectations / Roy K. Esaki
  • Philosophical implications of awareness during general anesthesia / Eric LaRock.

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