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“Perchance to Dream”: The Paradox of Awareness during General Anaesthesia 1
Author(s) -
Holmes C. McK.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb04060.x
Subject(s) - subconscious , medicine , dream , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , phenomenon , intraoperative awareness , psychotherapist , epistemology , alternative medicine , anesthetic , psychology , pathology , philosophy
Awareness during surgery is still an unsolved problem. Cases are sporadic, and often occur seemingly without cause, and without the patient having shown any untoward signs during the conduct of the anesthesia. Recently it has been shown that many patients may be demonstrated to have retained their sense of hearing during anœsthesia, but at a subconscious level. This paper discusses the possible implication of this finding on the phenomenon of awareness during surgery .