Tag: awake

CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS

AWARENESS UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA

How common is awareness under general anesthesia? In 2007, Hollywood released the movie Awake, in which the protagonist, played by Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker…

Dec 14, 2012

CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS

PITFALLS OF TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA

Clinical Case: You are doing Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA) for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a healthy 40 year old woman. Midway through the surgery,…

Jul 14, 2010