Accidental awareness during general anaesthesia – a narrative review

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 112-122

  Tasbihgou, S R ^a   Vogels, M F ^a   Absalom, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accidental awareness; awareness during general anaesthesia; complications; consciousness; general anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; AWARENESS; CONSULTATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NARRATIVE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS;

EID: 85037054586     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14124     Document Type: Review

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