Consciousness and awareness in anesthesia
By: edited by George Mashour.
Contributors: Mashour, George, 1969-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780521518222
Subjects: Anesthesia; Consciousness; Awareness; Anesthesia, General -- adverse effects; Awareness -- drug effects; Consciousness -- drug effects; Intraoperative Complications
Description: "Hypnosis, amnesia, and immobility are three major therapeutic endpoints of general anesthesia. In one to two cases out of a thousand, hypnosis and amnesia are not achieved - often leaving a patient paralyzed but capable of experiencing and remembering intraoperative events. Awareness during general anesthesia is one of the most dreaded complications of surgery and is feared by patients and clinicians alike." "Despite numerous advances in the field, many unresolved questions persist. Some of the difficulties in the detection and prevention of awareness during anesthesia relate to the underlying complexities of the neuroscientific basis of consciousness. Consciousness, Awareness, and Anesthesia is a multidisciplinary approach to both the scientific problem of consciousness and the clinical problem of awareness during general anesthesia. An international cadre of authors with expertise in anesthesiology, neurobiology, and philosophy provides a cutting-edge perspective."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Relevance of sleep neurobiology for cognitive neuroscience and anesthesiology / Ralph Lydic, Giancarlo Vanini, Helen Baghdoyan; title: The neurobiology of consciousness / Christof Koch, Florian Mormann; title: Memory formation during general anesthesia / Michael Alkire, Chantal Kerssens; title: Dreaming during anesthesia / Kate Leslie; title: Etiology and risk factors of intraoperative awareness / Mohammed Ghoneim; title: Monitoring anesthetic depth / Gerhard Schneider; title: Current controversies in intraoperative awareness I / Peter Sebel, Paul S. Garcia; title: Current controversies in intraoperative awareness II / Michael Avidan; title: Awareness during general anesthesia in the pediatric population / Andrew Davidson, Rachel Hutchens; title: Psychological consequences of intraoperative awareness / Claes Lennmarken, Gunilla Sydsjo; title: Medicolegal consequences of intraoperative awareness / Karen Domino, Chris Kent; title: Complaints of awareness after sedation and regional anesthesia : the role of patient expectations / George Mashour, Roy Esaki; title: Philosophical implications of awareness during general anesthesia / Eric Larock.