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Accidental Awareness during General Anaesthesia (AAGA) in Obstetrics

Dr. Rezaur Rahman
Specialty Registrar in Anaesthetics, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Dr. Samantha Wilson
Consultant Anaesthetist, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Edited by
Dr James Brown,i Dr Gill Abirii
i Consultant Anesthesiologist, BC Women’s Hospital, Canada
ii Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Correspondence to rezarahman49@gmail.com

2nd Oct 2018

Abstract

Accidental Awareness during General Anaesthesia (AAGA) has been demonstrated to be more common in obstetric practice than in any other area of anaesthesia. Factors contributing to this increased risk include maternal stress or anxiety, emergency surgery and the “intravenous-inhalational” interval. This tutorial describes some strategies for managing this increased risk.

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