Preliminary results of two studies of intraoperative awareness have led the Food and Drug Administration to broaden its approval of a device that may help anesthesiologists better monitor patients so ...

Awareness during anesthesia is a serious complication with potential long-term psychological consequences. Use of the bispectral index (BIS), developed from a processed electroencephalogram, has been ...

Anesthesiology researchers have shown that a device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk that patients will recall their surgery does not lower the risk of the problem, ...

A newer system intended to alert doctors when patients are regaining consciousness while under general anesthesia has not lowered incidence of anesthesia awareness any better than conventional ...

The pain in Carol Weihrer’s eye was so severe she decided to have it surgically removed, believing it was the only way to get on with life. Instead, the surgery was the beginning of an unending ...

A device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk that patients will recall their surgery does not lower the risk of the problem A device approved by the Food and Drug ...