The pre, intra and postoperative planning is patient specific, can be complex, and is known as the perioperative plan.

New brain mapping: Yale researchers used full-head EEG to map anesthesia-induced brain states, finding similarities to both sleep and coma. Challenging old views: The study disputes the idea that ...

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In the brain, specific electrical waves are associated with different states of consciousness. For instance, delta waves—also known as slow waves—are especially prevalent during deep sleep, as well as ...