Consciousness, Awareness, and Anesthesia

Dr Mashour received his M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience from Georgetown University and was awarded Fulbright scholarships for neuroscience research in Berlin and Bonn. He completed his residency and chief residency in anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, as well as fellowship training in neuroanesthesiology at the University of Michigan. He is currently the Director of Neuroanesthesiology, as well as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. His main clinical interests are neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical care. Dr Mashour's major scholarly focus is consciousness and anesthesia. He is credited with developing the cognitive unbinding paradigm of general anesthesia, as well as advocating for the role of anesthesiology in the study of consciousness. In his clinical research, Dr Mashour is the principal investigator of a 30,000-patient study focused on the prevention of awareness during general anesthesia. He has published and lectured extensively on the subjects of consciousness, awareness, and anesthetic mechanisms. Dr Mashour is the recipient of numerous awards for his work as a clinician, scholar, and educator.

• 1. Consciousness and anesthesiology: an introduction George A. Mashour; 2. Relevance of sleep neurobiology for cognitive neuroscience and anesthesiology Ralph Lydic, Giancarlo Vanini, and Helen Baghdoyan; 3. The neurobiology of consciousness Christof Koch and Florian Mormann; 4. Memory formation during general anesthesia Michael Alkire and Chantal Kerssens; 5. Dreaming during anesthesia Kate Leslie; 6. Etiology and risk factors of intraoperative awareness Mohammed Ghoneim; 7. Monitoring anesthetic depth Gerhard Schneider; 8. Current controversies in intraoperative awareness: I Peter Sebel and Paul S. Garcia; 9. Current controversies in intraoperative awareness: II Michael Avidan; 10. Awareness during general anesthesia in the pediatric population Andrew Davidson and Rachel Hutchens; 11. Psychological consequences of intraoperative awareness Claes Lennmarken and Gunilla Sydsjo; 12. Medicolegal consequences of intraoperative awareness Karen Domino and Chris Kent; 13. Complaints of awareness after sedation and regional anesthesia: the role of patient expectations George Mashour and Roy Esaki; 14. Philosophical implications of awareness during general anesthesia Eric Larock.

'… the book is understandable and enjoyable to read, with concise chapters and clear subchapters. The layout is clear and elegant … comprehensive and comprehensible … It provides a fascinating insight into this relatively poorly understood aspect of our day-to-day practice, and we recommend it to all practising anaesthetists.' British Journal of Anaesthesia