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.