Intra-operative Awareness

Abstract

Awake is an American thriller, the opera prima of the young director Joby Harold, that addresses the problem of all those who maintain a state of awareness during a surgical intervention, which that allows them to feel (and afterwards recall) some of the episodes that occurred when they should have been sedated and pain-free (analgesics); that is, they have been poorly anaesthetized. Several factors are involved this situation, which, although rare, does occur. Physicians should be prepared to respond to the questions of individuals motivated by this type of film, in particular when the topic may generate cognitive dissociations with possible modifications in the behaviour of the patients, who possibly fear being subjected to surgery that is necessary for them.

Keywords

• conciencia intra-operatoria
• anestesia general
• profundidad anestésica
• amnesia