Intraoperative awareness in children: Myth or reality?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Iselin Chaves, Irène ^a   Lopez, Ursula ^a   Habre, Walid ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Geneva Children's University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; General anaesthesia; Intraoperative awareness; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; HALOTHANE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEARING; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; NIGHTMARE; PAIN; PARALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDER; THINKING; TOUCH; VISION; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MYTHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744969529     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000192808.63785.bd     Document Type: Review

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