General anesthesia evokes a dual mystery: How does it disrupt consciousness, including sensory perception, and what might that say about the nature of consciousness.
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If anesthesiologists had a rigorous means to manage dosing, they could deliver less medicine, maintaining exactly the right depth of unconsciousness while reducing postoperative cognitive side effects in vulnerable groups like the elderly. But with m
A new closed-loop system based on brain state monitoring accurately controls unconsciousness by automating doses of the anesthetic drug propofol every 20 seconds.