Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different Analogous
"In its simplest and most positive terms, sleep is a desired state of unconsciousness". Anesthesia in the contrary is another type of “desired unconsciousness”. However, they are actually like the two unequal twins sharing some features but different in others. Sleep and anesthesia are dif...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| description | "In its simplest and most positive terms, sleep is a desired state of unconsciousness". Anesthesia in the contrary is another type of “desired unconsciousness”. However, they are actually like the two unequal twins sharing some features but different in others. Sleep and anesthesia are different in several aspects making them unique neu-rophysiologic states with complex mechanisms of action. Here, we aimed to compare these two states concisely, that may be a source of more interesting scientific pearls for whom working in this field especially sleep medicine specialists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82efc718801d4ee1a6a847ff6c5c2f772022-12-21T20:05:31ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Sleep Sciences2476-29382476-29462020-07-0143-4Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different AnalogousShahram Samadi0Arezu Najafi1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranOccupational Sleep Research Center, Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran."In its simplest and most positive terms, sleep is a desired state of unconsciousness". Anesthesia in the contrary is another type of “desired unconsciousness”. However, they are actually like the two unequal twins sharing some features but different in others. Sleep and anesthesia are different in several aspects making them unique neu-rophysiologic states with complex mechanisms of action. Here, we aimed to compare these two states concisely, that may be a source of more interesting scientific pearls for whom working in this field especially sleep medicine specialists.https://jss.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jss/article/view/164SleepAnesthesiaSleep Medicine |
| spellingShingle | Shahram Samadi Arezu Najafi Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different Analogous Journal of Sleep Sciences Sleep Anesthesia Sleep Medicine |
| title | Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different Analogous |
| title_full | Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different Analogous |
| title_fullStr | Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different Analogous |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different Analogous |
| title_short | Sleep and Anesthesia: Two Different Analogous |
| title_sort | sleep and anesthesia two different analogous |
| topic | Sleep Anesthesia Sleep Medicine |
| url | https://jss.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jss/article/view/164 |
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