Patients have misconceptions and high levels of anxiety about general anesthesia

Monday, May 24, 2010 - 01:30 in Health & Medicine

Eighty-five percent of patients who took part in a survey shortly after day surgery said that they had been anxious about receiving a general anesthetic. The top three concerns that made patients very anxious were the thought of not waking up, dying while asleep and waking up during surgery.

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