Awareness with recall during general anaesthesia: a prospective observational evaluation of 4001 patients.

C. L. Errando; J. C. Sigl; M. Robles; E. Calabuig; J. García; F. Arocas; R. Higueras; E. Del Rosario; D. López; C. M. Peiró; J. L. Soriano; S. Chaves; F. Gil; R. García-Aguado

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Awareness with recall during general anaesthesia: a prospective observational evaluation of 4001 patients.

August 20, 2008

Errando CL, Sigl JC, Robles M, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2008;101(2):178-85.

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Although only 1% of patients in this study experienced anesthesia awareness, most cases were preventable. Medication dosing errors and human factors were the predominant causes of failure to detect anesthesia awareness.

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