Intraoperative dreams reported after general anaesthesia are not early interpretations of delayed awareness

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 805-809

  Samuelsson, P ^a,b   Brudin, L ^a,b   Sandin, R H ^a,c  

^a KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Awareness; Consciousness; Intraoperative dreams

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERVIEW; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNPLEASANT DREAM;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; AWARENESS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DREAMS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45149099031     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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