ST. LOUIS — Surgery patients who sometimes appear to be sedated but are awake for the procedures should be measured with a new brain wave-monitoring device because a common method used to prevent what's known as anesthesia awareness is not always effective, researchers in St. Louis said.
St. Louis researchers look at cheaper anesthesia awareness method
Monday, September 5, 2011 | 3:47 p.m. CDT
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