Awareness in anaesthesia: Incidence, consequences and prevention

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1073-1086

  Heier, T ^a   Steen, P A ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: general; Anesthetics: volatile, intravenous; Complications: awareness; Memory: explicit, implicit; Monitoring: EEG, evoked potentials, peripheral nerve stimulation; Neuromuscular blockade

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; AWARENESS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029904439     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb05569.x     Document Type: Review

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