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Clinical Trial
. 1988 Aug 27;2(8609):491-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(88)90131-6.

Improved recovery and reduced postoperative stay after therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia

C Evans  1 , P H Richardson
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Clinical Trial

Improved recovery and reduced postoperative stay after therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia

C Evans et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

The clinical value of therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia was assessed in a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled study. 39 unselected patients were allocated to suggestion (n = 19) or control (n = 20) groups who were played either recorded therapeutic suggestions or a blank tape, respectively, during hysterectomy. The patients in the suggestion group spent significantly less time in hospital after surgery, suffered from a significantly shorter period of pyrexia, and were generally rated by nurses as having made a better than expected recovery. Patients in the suggestion group, unlike those in the control group, guessed accurately that they had been played an instruction tape.

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