anesthesia
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The anesthetized patients’ brains produced activity that shared similarities to being unconscious in a coma—as well as deep sleep, REM sleep and patterns unique to anesthesia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Ultimately, gleaning what is happening in the brain could change anesthesia, helping it to be redesigned or personalized to more closely resemble natural sleep rather than a coma-like one, Helfrich said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“Could we maybe tweak anesthesia a bit more in the direction of sleep, by using different medications or combinations or infusion protocols?” she added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
It’s a very short procedure, but my doctor has said that I’ll need to take the day off because of the effects of the anesthesia.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
But as the heat died down, the anesthesia also wore away.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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