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Practice Advisory on Intraoperative Awareness and Brain Function Monitoring.
ASA Task Force on Intraoperative Awareness and Brain Function Monitoring. Park Ridge, IL: American Society of Anesthesiologists; July 2005.

This clinical guideline on minimizing intraoperative awareness through appropriate monitoring has been approved as a standard by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. They have crafted a patient advisory to inform consumers on the issue.
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