Awareness during surgery - wherein a patient consciously experiences and remembers things that happen during their surgery - is a rare yet alarming prospect for patients. In a presentation at the Annual Congress of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI), in Dublin, Ireland, Professor Jaideep Pandit, Consultant Anaesthetist & Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, UK, will discuss the difficulties inherent in monitoring the conscious state...

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