Is consciousness fragile?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-3

  Sanders, R D ^a   Raz, A ^a   Banks, M I ^a   Boly, M ^a   Tononi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; PROPOFOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EFFECTS; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; CATATONIA; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; RECALL; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS;

EID: 84959884211     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev354     Document Type: Editorial

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