Anesthesia

Data on anesthesia described by K.C. Aberg et al

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, December 7th, 2009

According to a study from Lausanne, Switzerland, "An auditory perceptual learning paradigm was used to investigate whether implicit memories are formed during general anesthesia. Eighty-seven patients who had an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I-III and were scheduled to undergo an elective surgery with general anesthesia were randomly assigned to one of two groups."

"One group received auditory stimulation during surgery, whereas the other did not. The auditory stimulation consisted of pure tones presented via headphones. The Bispectral index level was maintained between 40 and 50 during surgery. To assess learning, patients performed an...

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Source: Pain and Central Nervous System Week (2009-12-07)

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