Anesthesia awareness refers to the unintended consciousness under general anesthesia during surgery. Patients who experience anesthesia awareness are unable to speak or communicate that they are awake and lay paralyzed, sometimes feeling pain or pressure.
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Fast Facts
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Also called intraoperative awareness
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Occurs rarely
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Common causes
inadequate anesthesia, equipment failure or mis-use
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Patient may feel pain of cutting
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Possible outcomes
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Prevention
brain monitoring devices to measure depth of consciousness
