Patients' memories of events during general anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 460-476

  Bailey, A R ^a   Jones, J G ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; depth, awareness; Memory

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0030921040     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.133-az0134.x     Document Type: Review

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