Staying ‘Conscious’ Under Anesthesia May Be Much More Common Than We Realized
General anesthesia is a marvelous thing, knocking us out and blocking our sense of pain in a matter of seconds before surgery.But in rare cases, some people are responsive to their surrounds under general anesthesia, yet they cannot remember what happened afterwards.
This is called 'connected consciousness', and now the largest study of its kind to date on the phenomenon suggests that it's more common than first thought, affecting 1 in 10 young adults, and women more than men.The findings highlight the need to better…