10 Percent of Patients Under Anesthesia ‘Conscious’: Study

10 Percent of Patients Under Anesthesia ‘Conscious’: Study
An international study finds one in ten patients under general anaesthetics are conscious of outside stimuli.iStock/Thinkstock
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An international study has found that about one in 10 patients, or 10 percent, of those who undergo general anaesthesia, were conscious of outside stimuli, shedding light on the medical phenomenon of ‘connected consciousness.’

“The data from the study has given us a crucial starting point in improving our understanding of ‘connected consciousness,’” said Prof. Robert Sanders from the University of Sydney.
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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