Awareness in children: another two cases
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Measuring Attentional Biases for Threat in Children and Adults
Published on: October 19, 2014
Heleen J Blussé Van Oud-Alblas1, Adrian T Bösenberg, Dick Tibboel
1Department of Anaesthesiology and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. h.blussevanoudalblas@erasmusmc.nl
Abstract:
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.
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