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The paper discusses the phenomenon of awareness during general anesthesia and the potential implications of patients retaining subconscious hearing during surgery.
This paper discusses the potential role of subconscious hearing in the phenomenon of awareness during general anesthesia.
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Subconscious hearing risks merit clinical vigilance; leaves open prospective trials on anesthesia awareness prevention.
Awareness during surgery is still an unsolved problem. Cases are sporadic, and often occur seemingly without cause, and without the patient having shown any untoward signs during the conduct of the anesthesia. Recently it has been shown that many patients may be demonstrated to have retained their sense of hearing during anœsthesia, but at a subconscious level. This paper discusses the possible implication of this finding on the phenomenon of awareness during surgery.
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C. McK. Holmes (1970) conducted a review in Awareness during general anesthesia. General anesthesia was evaluated. The paper discusses the phenomenon of awareness during general anesthesia and the potential implications of patients retaining subconscious hearing during surgery.
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