Hight, Darren; Sleigh, Jamie (2022). Consciousness and the outside world: is there anyone listening? British journal of anaesthesia, 128(6), pp. 895-897. Elsevier 10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.001
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Sedated patients have graded levels of consciousness and perceptual connection with the outside world. Disconnection is associated with widespread changes in the electroencephalogram, whereas full unconsciousness is linked with decreased activity specifically in the deep midline regions of the brain. These findings can be interpreted within the predictive coding model of consciousness as differences in model generation vs discrepancy detection. Anaesthetists should be cognisant that apparently unresponsive patients might still have some ongoing partially disconnected consciousness activity.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic and Policlinic for Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hight, Darren Fletcher |
ISSN: |
1471-6771 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
08 Mar 2022 12:27 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:13 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.001 |
PubMed ID: |
35249703 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
EEG anaesthesia cingulate cortex consciousness dreaming |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/166752 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166752 |