Anaes Vivas · Depth of anaesthesia & awareness
Clinical viva — the awareness-prevention checklist
A clinical viva on the awareness prevention — the adequate dosing, the never-the-relaxant-without-the-hypnotic, the equipment check (the vaporiser, the TIVA pump, the disconnection alarm), the ETAC alarm, the pEEG in the high-risk and the TIVA, the awareness check at the emergence, and the structured follow-up.
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Prompt
A junior colleague asks how you prevent the awareness under the general anaesthesia. Walk them through the checklist.
Stimulus
A junior colleague asks how you prevent the awareness under the general anaesthesia. Walk them through the checklist.
[4]References2ShowHide
- [4]Graham M, et al. Minimizing the Harm of Accidental Awareness Under General Anesthesia: New Perspectives From Patients Misdiagnosed as Being in a Vegetative State. Anesth Analg, 2018.PMID 28922237
- [2]Berger-Estilita J, et al. Making brain monitoring routine: why processed EEG monitoring should be standard practice. J Clin Monit Comput, 2026.PMID 42247119