Prevention of Intraoperative Awareness in a High-Risk Surgical Population

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Authors

Michael S. Avidan · Washington University in St. Louis

Eric Jacobsohn · University of Manitoba

David B. Glick · University of Chicago

Beth Burnside · Washington University in St. Louis

Lini Zhang · Washington University in St. Louis

Alex Villafranca · University of Manitoba

Leah Karl

Abstract

The superiority of the BIS protocol was not established; contrary to expectations, fewer patients in the ETAC group than in the BIS group experienced awareness. (Funded by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research and others; BAG-RECALL ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00682825.).

Topics & Keywords

Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 365, Issue 7, pp. 591-600

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1100403

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