General anesthesia, sleep and coma

General anesthesia, sleep and coma

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In the United States, nearly 60,000 patients per day receive general anesthesia for surgery.1 General anesthesia is a drug-induced, reversible condition that includes specific behavioral and physiological traits - unconsciousness, amnesia, analgesia, and akinesia - with concomitant stability of the...

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Main Authors: Schiff, Nicholas D. (Author), Brown, Emery N. (Contributor), Lydic, Emily K. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New England Journal of Medicine, 2012-03-09T19:26:18Z.
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