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Awareness in children: another two cases
Author(s) -
BLUSSÉ VAN OUDALBLAS HELEEN J.,
BÖSENBERG ADRIAN T.,
TIBBOEL DICK
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02576.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intraoperative awareness , recall , incidence (geometry) , complication , pediatrics , anesthesia , surgery , cognitive psychology , propofol , psychology , physics , optics
Summary Intraoperative awareness is an anesthesia complication and occurs when a patient becomes conscious during a procedure performed under general anesthesia and subsequently has recall of these events. Awareness is well described phenomenon in adults, with an incidence of 0.1–0.2 % for low‐risk surgical procedures. Recent studies have shown that awareness in children is more common than in adults. However, causes and the long‐term psychological impact of awareness in children are unknown. We report on two cases of intraoperative awareness in children in an attempt to throw further light on this complex problem.