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Kate Reynol
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 Talking during anesthesia Is it true that people talk while under anesthesia? How is that possible with a tube in your throat? My sister (not in the medical field) just told me that people spill their guts while under the knife. True? Thanks,
Kate
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| Fri, 22 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Jeffrey Peter, M.D
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Talking during anesthesia I have observed probably around 300 surgeries. The people who have breathing tubes in their throat are rarely in a mental state to talk because of the anesthesia. Often, people are given {*filter*} like Valium to relax them and to prevent
memory formation so they will not remember what happened during the surgery.
I do not recall one time when people started talking about things that they
would later regret. I am sure it happens, but not in my experience.
Jeffrey Peter
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>Is it true that people talk while under anesthesia? How is >that possible with a tube in your throat? My sister (not in >the medical field) just told me that people spill their guts >while under the knife. True? >Thanks,
>Kate
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| Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Talking during anesthesia
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> Is it true that people talk while under anesthesia? How is
> that possible with a tube in your throat? My sister (not in
> the medical field) just told me that people spill their guts
> while under the knife. True?
Not during general anesthesia. Perhaps during just the right level of sedation (which is difficult to achieve) just like a drunk will often get to talking. "Under the knife", quaint term. do you mean during surgery?
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| Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Kate Reynol
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Talking during anesthesia
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> > Is it true that people talk while under anesthesia? How is
> > that possible with a tube in your throat? My sister (not in
> > the medical field) just told me that people spill their guts
> > while under the knife. True?
> Not during general anesthesia. Perhaps during just the right level of
> sedation (which is difficult to achieve) just like a drunk will often get
> to talking.
> "Under the knife", quaint term. do you mean during surgery?
Thanks for the info. Yes, I meant during surgery. Do you have experience observing surgery/patients under anesthesia? Thanks again,
Kaye
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| Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Scaugh
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Talking during anesthesia
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> > Is it true that people talk while under anesthesia? How is
> > that possible with a tube in your throat? My sister (not in
> > the medical field) just told me that people spill their guts
> > while under the knife. True?
> Not during general anesthesia. Perhaps during just the right level of
> sedation (which is difficult to achieve) just like a drunk will often
> get to talking.
> "Under the knife", quaint term. do you mean during surgery?
I suspect what is being referred to is "truth serum", sodium pentathol (sp?). ~Scott~
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| Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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c..
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Talking during anesthesia
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> Thanks for the info. Yes, I meant during surgery. Do you have experience
> observing surgery/patients under anesthesia?
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| Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Kate Reynol
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Talking during anesthesia I hope you took no offense at my question; I was so pleased at your answer (and the one by Jeffrey Peter) that I wanted to know how you reached your conclusion. You see, the person who told me that people talk (a LOT) under anesthesia was quite insistent that it's true. I think 40 years beats one experience : > Thanks again, and I apologize if my question sounded rude.
Kate
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> > Thanks for the info. Yes, I meant during surgery. Do you have experience
> > observing surgery/patients under anesthesia?
> 40 years
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| Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Jeffrey Peter, M.D
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Talking during anesthesia You missed my answer. I said about 300 surgery. I think that is more than one experience. Jeffrey Peter
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>I hope you took no offense at my question; I was so pleased at your >answer (and the one by Jeffrey Peter) that I wanted to know how you >reached your conclusion. You see, the person who told me that people >talk (a LOT) under anesthesia was quite insistent that it's true. I >think 40 years beats one experience : > >Thanks again, and I apologize if my question sounded rude.
>Kate
>> > Thanks for the info. Yes, I meant during surgery. Do you have
experience
>> > observing surgery/patients under anesthesia?
>> 40 years
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Kate Reynol
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Talking during anesthesia
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> You missed my answer. I said about 300 surgery. I think that is more than
> one experience.
No, no, I meant my sister's one experience -- the person who told me this in the first place. I understood quite well what you said which is why I said I was so delighted with your answer and the other answer. His forty years and your 300+ top HER one experience. I hope this clears it up. Thanks again,
Kate
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| Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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c..
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Talking during anesthesia Quote:
> I suspect what is being referred to is "truth serum", sodium pentathol
> (sp?).
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c..
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Talking during anesthesia
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> You missed my answer. I said about 300 surgery. I think that is more than
> one experience.
Perhaps you would expand on these observations. I did have many conversations with patients under spinal and other block anesthetics, but I never heard one response that could be interpreted ad some sort of confession. Patients who are sufficiently anesthetized to lie still for a surgical
proceedure (even with out an endo-tracheal tube) will not talk. The most
I heard was a slight moan when the incision was made indicating a light
level of anesthesia. Also, I never had one patient describe an episode of
"recall" as has been discussed before. Anyone who would have been able to
formulate the thoughts and produce the integrated muscular activity
necessary for orally expressing thoughts would have had recall.
Again, please explain yourself. It is difficult to imagine every scenario
that you might come up with without information.
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| Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Jeffrey Peter, M.D
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Talking during anesthesia I apologize for misunderstanding you. However, I would not say many years of experience either. Just a few months over about 6 years. Jeffrey peter
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>> You missed my answer. I said about 300 surgery. I think that is more than
>> one experience.
>No, no, I meant my sister's one experience -- the person who told
>me this in the first place. I understood quite well what you said
>which is why I said I was so delighted with your answer and the other
>answer. His forty years and your 300+ top HER one experience. I hope
>this clears it up.
>Thanks again,
>Kate
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c..
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Talking during anesthesia
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> I apologize for misunderstanding you. However, I would not say many years of
> experience either. Just a few months over about 6 years.
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| Mon, 25 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Jeffrey Peter, M.D
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Talking during anesthesia During anesthesiology and surgery rotations in medical school and residency. In addition, I was fortunately enough to allowed to observe the occasional surgery during residency. I also assisted in sedation of patients for procedures for bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture or did these procedures. Jeffrey Peter
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>> I apologize for misunderstanding you. However, I would not say many years
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>> experience either. Just a few months over about 6 years.
>In what capacity?
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c..
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Talking during anesthesia
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> During anesthesiology and surgery rotations in medical school and residency.
> In addition, I was fortunately enough to allowed to observe the occasional
> surgery during residency. I also assisted in sedation of patients for
> procedures for bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture or did these
> procedures.
And in what situations did the "conversing" by the patients occur? What residency relegated you to observing only occasional surgical proceedures?
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