Awareness During Anesthesia

To the Editor: The report by Sebel et al. (1) is worrisome if the conclusions are valid. Can the authors provide more documentation for their results? In which cases did personnel in the operating room confirm the recalled events, and what were the details? In cases that lacked such confirmation, how were the investigators convinced of awareness? Is it possible that what the authors interpreted as recollections of intubation were actually recollections of extubation? Kimball Atwood, MD Department of Anesthesia Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA email protected