Awareness during anesthesia

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-188

  Orser, Beverley A ^a,b,d   Mazer, C David ^a,c   Baker, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Medical Sciences Building   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENETIC SCREENING; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NIGHTMARE; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACOGENETICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 38349098244     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071761     Document Type: Note

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