There are three types of anesthesia: regional and local anesthesia, sedation, and general anesthesia ... despite noxious stimulation and amnesia. Surgery requires immobility, and most patients ...
Background: Awareness while under general anesthesia, and the later recall of what happened during surgery, can be experienced by patients as horrific events that leave lasting mental trauma behind.
The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report about Defense Secretary Austin’s failure to quickly disclose his hospitalization in early 2024.
Austin, suffering from complications after surgery for prostate cancer, had sought to keep his condition and the fact that he had been incapacitated while under general anesthesia secret from ...