Anesthesia awareness
INADEQUATE UNCONSCIOUS STATE DURING GENERAL ANESTHESIA
Intraoperative awareness; Intra-operative awareness; Anaesthesia awareness; Surgical awareness; Anesthetic Awareness; Anesthetic awareness; Awake during surgery; Awareness Under General Anesthesia; Accidental awareness during general anaesthesia; Accidental awareness; AAGA
Awareness under anesthesia, also referred to as intraoperative awareness or accidental awareness during general anesthesia (AAGA), is a rare complication of general anesthesia where patients regain varying levels of consciousness during their surgical procedures. While anesthesia awareness is possible without resulting in any long-term memory, it is also possible for the victim to have awareness with explicit recall, where victims can remember the events related to their surgery (intraoperative awareness with explicit recall).