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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 23, 636-639, Copyright © 1976 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Awareness and Dreams during General Anaesthesia for Caesarian Section a Study of Incidence

C. E. FAMEWO 1

1 Department of Anaesthesia, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

One hundred Nigerian patients presenting for emergency caesarian section were interviewed within the first 24 hours post-operatively. The purpose was to determine the incidence of awareness and dreams. The standard anaesthetic technique consisted of atropine 0.6 mg and thiopentone 250 mg given intravenously at the time of induction, suxamethonium bromide 40 mg intravenously to facilitate tracheal intubation and nitrous oxide/oxygen/pancuronium for maintenance. The incidence of awareness was 4 per cent while the incidence of dreaming was 17 per cent. Most (94 per cent) of the patients said they dreamed only occasionally at home and of these, 15 per cent claimed they dreamed more frequently when pregnant than when not pregnant.






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