Awareness and Recall
There are two states of consciousness that may be present:
- Awareness: That is, patients seem to be cognizant responding to commands but with no postoperative recall or memory of the events.
- Memorization and recall: That is, patients can recall events postoperatively, but were not necessarily conscious enough to respond to commands.
The incidence of a state with both responses in diverse degrees is also possible. The drugs that induce paralysis would also prevent responding to commands.
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