Intraoperative awareness, with or without recall, continues to be a topic of clinical
significance and neurobiological interest. In this article, we review evidence pertaining to the …

Each year, increasing numbers of people are undergoing surgery. Many of these patients
are older and have multiple comorbidities. General anesthesia is a reversible state of …

Background The isolated forearm technique allows assessment of consciousness of the
external world (connected consciousness) through a verbal command to move the hand (of …

Background The objective of the present study was to validate the qCON index of hypnotic
effect and the qNOX index of nociception. Both indices are derived from the frontal …

BACKGROUND: It is important that the level of general anaesthesia (GA) is appropriate for
the individual patient undergoing surgery. If anaesthesia is deeper than required to keep a …

Unintended accidental awareness during general anaesthesia represents failure of
successful anaesthesia, and so has been the subject of numerous studies during the past …

Anesthesia objectives have evolved into combining hypnosis, amnesia, analgesia,
paralysis, and suppression of the sympathetic autonomic nervous system. Technological …

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) required for cardiac surgery presents unique challenges to
the cardiac anesthesiologist responsible for providing the 3 most basic facets of any …

Neurological complications of cardiac surgery have a large effect on patient outcomes. In
this review, the value of several modes of central nervous system monitoring for improving …

General anaesthesia for obstetric surgery has distinct characteristics that may contribute
towards a higher risk of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia. The primary aim …