Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We conducted a matched cohort design with 9 subjects after intraoperative awareness with recall during general anesthesia. A psychiatric diagnostic interview and questionnaire were performed on 9 matched controls and 9 subjects, a median of 17.2 years from their documented awareness episode. The subjects and the matched controls completed a battery of questionnaires related to psychosocial well-being, after which they participated in a diagnostic Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Axis I Disorders. RESULTS: Patients with awareness did not seem to differ from their matched controls in subsequent psychosocial outcome, psychiatric morbidity, or quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: We found no indication that intraoperative awareness with recall had any deleterious long-term effects on patients' psychosocial outcome.
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Authors | Tanja Laukkala, Seppo Ranta, Johanna Wennervirta, Markus Henriksson, Kirsi Suominen, Markku Hynynen |
Journal | Anesthesia and analgesia
(Anesth Analg)
Vol. 119
Issue 1
Pg. 86-92
(Jul 2014)
ISSN: 1526-7598 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24945123
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Intraoperative Awareness
(psychology)
- Male
- Mental Recall
- Middle Aged
- Quality of Life
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
(psychology)
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