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" Thanks to a variety of horror stories, a lot of people are scared about anesthesia. To get the real scoop, we turned to Benjamin Taimoorazy, MD, author of the new book Before You Go Under.   How likely is it that I&amp;#039;ll feel something while I&amp;#039;m under general anesthesia? It happens more often than you might think, but don&amp;#039;t panic\u2014most people don&amp;#039;t feel significant pain. However, about 1 in 1,000 patients do have some level of &amp;quot;anesthetic awareness&amp;quot; (which includes sensing pressure or remembering something the surgeon said).   Is there any way to prevent this? When doctors use a brain-wave activity monitor during surgery, there&amp;#039;s a substantial reduction in anesthetic awareness. Unfortunately, it&amp;#039;s only used about half of the time. It&amp;#039;s noninvasive and inexpensive\u2014and most major medical centers have the equipment\u2014but some doctors just don&amp;#039;t think they need it.   Dr. Taimoorazy&amp;#039;s advice: Talk to your anesthesiologist before your surgery and ask for it. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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