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Day case anaesthesia and memory
Author(s) -
OGG T.W.,
FISCHER H.B.J.,
BETHUNE D.W.,
COLLIS J.M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06412.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , fentanyl , methohexital , propofol
Two simple anaesthetic techniques were administered to forty healthy women undergoing minor gynaecological surgery. There was a significantly shorter immediate recovery period following the use of a fentanyl and methohexitone technique. Memory function testing revealed an impairment of the ability to retain new information following anaesthesia. This returned to normal within 3 hr.