Incidence of intra operative awareness in surgical patients done under general anaesthesia by evaluating modified brice questionnaire in the post operative period in Saveetha medical college and hospital, Tamilnadu.

S.Harivignesh; Dr. Rajiv G; Dr. Lakshmi

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

Incidence of intra operative awareness in surgical patients done under general anaesthesia by evaluating modified brice questionnaire in the post operative period in Saveetha medical college and hospital, Tamilnadu.

S. Harivignesh, Dr. Rajiv G, Dr. Lakshmi

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: The incidence of intra operative awareness with explicit recall in the western world has been reported to be between 0.1% and 0.2% in the general surgical population and upto 1–2% of patients at high risk for this complication. Our objective is to find the incidence of intra operative awareness among the patients undergone surgery with general anaesthesia in Saveetha Medical College and hospital, Tamilnadu. METHODOLOGY: After research ethics board approval, post operative patients undergone surgery with general anaesthesia were asked to fill the Modified Brice questionnaire. Prospective observational study with sample size of 64 patients was studied in one month. RESULT: In the 64 patients studied, no patient had intra operative awareness. CONCLUSION: Awareness under general anaesthesia is a distressing complication with a potential for long–term psychological consequences, and every effort should be undertaken to prevent it. It is reassuring though our data that the incidence of intra operative awareness of surgical patients done under general anaesthesia is uncommon.