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Anesthesia Awareness
Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Dan O We've all seen the stats that paint anesthesia awareness as something to shoo away, some freak thing that happens to one or two of every 1,000 patients who receive general anesthesia. But then you talk to Carol Weihrer and you come away with a sense of the horror and the torture it must be to experience awareness and clear-as-day recall that haunts you day and night.

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