Anesthetic and psychiatric implications of accidental awareness under general anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy

Accidental awareness under general anesthesia (AAGA) is a well-known phenomenon. However, little literature exists in its relation to the psychiatric field, particularly within the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) setting. This report explores the case of a 52-year-old woman that describes her own ex...

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Autores principales: Acharya, Hetal, Gaur, Atul, Kunigiri, Girish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29628852
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_675_17
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description Accidental awareness under general anesthesia (AAGA) is a well-known phenomenon. However, little literature exists in its relation to the psychiatric field, particularly within the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) setting. This report explores the case of a 52-year-old woman that describes her own experience of AAGA during ECT. Relevant anesthetic details are also provided along with its possible implications in AAGA. The aim of this case report is to increase awareness among clinicians in regard to AAGA and its occurrence during ECT.
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spelling pubmed-58752302018-04-07 Anesthetic and psychiatric implications of accidental awareness under general anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy Acharya, Hetal Gaur, Atul Kunigiri, Girish Saudi J Anaesth Case Report Accidental awareness under general anesthesia (AAGA) is a well-known phenomenon. However, little literature exists in its relation to the psychiatric field, particularly within the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) setting. This report explores the case of a 52-year-old woman that describes her own experience of AAGA during ECT. Relevant anesthetic details are also provided along with its possible implications in AAGA. The aim of this case report is to increase awareness among clinicians in regard to AAGA and its occurrence during ECT. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5875230/ /pubmed/29628852 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_675_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Anesthetic and psychiatric implications of accidental awareness under general anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy
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title_short Anesthetic and psychiatric implications of accidental awareness under general anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy
title_sort anesthetic and psychiatric implications of accidental awareness under general anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875230/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_675_17
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