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Test of delayed memory recall suitable for assessing postoperative amnesia
Author(s) -
BETHUNE D.W.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2044.1981.tb08652.x
Subject(s) - anterograde amnesia , amnesia , medicine , recall , retrograde amnesia , anesthesia , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , psychology
Summary The application of a test of delayed memory recall to determine the extent of postoperative (anterograde) amnesia is described. Results from studies following the application of different anaesthetic techniques to patients undergoing minor surgery suggests that a period of anterograde amnesia is inevitable following general anaesthesia. The anterograde amnesia persists after apparent full clinical recovery and the possibility of clinical and medico‐legal problems from this cause must be recognised in the overall management of the patient.