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New Technology No Better at Spotting 'Anesthesia Awareness'
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 One of the problems is that administering anesthesia is such a finely calibrated, delicate procedure that other important variables need to be taken into account.
"It's sort of like flying an airplane. There are a lot of dials to look at," Frye said. "Maintaining proper air speed is important in flying and, in anesthesia, sometimes you have to lower the depth of the anesthesia to maintain stable vital signs in the patient."
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For more information, visit the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign, founded by a patient who experienced the phenomenon.
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Last updated 3/12/2008
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SOURCES: Michael S. Avidan, M.B., B.Ch., associate professor, anesthesiology and surgery, and division chief, cardiothoracic anesthesia and cardiothoracic intensive care, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; Gerald Frye, Ph.D., Joseph H. Shelton professor, neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology, department of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Gary H. Morton, M.D., associate professor, anesthesiology, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and vice chairman, anesthesiology, Scott & White, Temple, Texas; March 13, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine
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