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Historical Perspective In 2016, 395 million prescriptions for drugs used in the treatment of mental health were dispensed in the United States. A further 387 million prescriptions were dispensed for other neurologic disorders. Combining these two therapeutic classes, neuropharmacologic agents…
Key Points ▪ Mechanisms of consciousness and memory, and their interruption by general anesthetics, are important scientific problems that have clinical relevance for the practice of anesthesiology. ▪ Consciousness is characterized by both wakefulness (i.e., the brain being aroused) and…