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Zaytsev A.Yu.

Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery;
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Svetlov V.A.

Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery;
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Dubrovin K.V.

Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery;
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Shumov D.E.

Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology

Consciousness, sleep, anesthesia. What are we thinking about? Analytical review. Part II. General anesthesia: main concepts, mechanisms and neurophysiological correlates

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Zaytsev A.Yu., Svetlov V.A., Dubrovin K.V., Shumov D.E.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology. 2025;(1): 92‑100

DOI: 10.17116/anaesthesiology202501192

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CONSCIOUSNESS, SLEEP, ANESTHESIA. WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT? ANALYTICAL REVIEW. PART II. GENERAL ANESTHESIA: MAIN CONCEPTS, MECHANISMS AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES
CONSCIOUSNESS, SLEEP, ANESTHESIA. WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT? ANALYTICAL REVIEW. PART II. GENERAL ANESTHESIA: MAIN CONCEPTS, MECHANISMS AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES

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Zaytsev AYu, Svetlov VA, Dubrovin KV, Shumov DE. Consciousness, sleep, anesthesia. What are we thinking about? Analytical review. Part II. General anesthesia: main concepts, mechanisms and neurophysiological correlates. Russian Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology. 2025;(1):92‑100. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/anaesthesiology202501192

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Abstract:

The second part of review is devoted to definition of the concept of general anesthesia, its effect on implicit memory and consciousness. Some authors believe that consciousness can be preserved during anesthesia as evidenced by implicit memory and “isolated forearm” method. Neurophysiological mechanisms of general anesthesia, features of electroencephalographic patterns depending on anesthetic agent are considered in detail. Analysis of electrophysiological picture suggests that state of general anesthesia corresponds to a controlled drug-induced coma rather physiological sleep. These data allow us to explore new approaches to anesthetic care and develop new types of psychoemotional comfort monitoring as a component of anesthesia.

Keywords:

anesthesia
consciousness
coma
neurophysiology
electroencephalography

Authors:

Zaytsev A.Yu.

Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery;
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Svetlov V.A.

Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery;
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Dubrovin K.V.

Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery;
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Shumov D.E.

Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology

Received:

27.05.2024

Accepted:

16.06.2024

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