Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care

Allan M Cyna¹, David W Hewson², Jonathan G Hardman³

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¹ Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia; Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Queen's Medicine Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: david.hewson@nottingham.ac.uk.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Queen's Medicine Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

PMID: 36967280
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.024

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Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care

Allan M Cyna et al. Br J Anaesth. 2023 Jun.

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. 2023 Jun;130(6):647-650.

doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.024. Epub 2023 Mar 24.

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Allan M Cyna¹, David W Hewson², Jonathan G Hardman³

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¹ Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia; Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Queen's Medicine Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: david.hewson@nottingham.ac.uk.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Queen's Medicine Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

PMID: 36967280
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.024

Abstract

A randomised trial published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia describes hypnosis compared with general anaesthesia in 60 children undergoing superficial surgery. We describe a definition of clinical hypnosis; the goals and conduct of hypnotic communication; and its potential as both an adjunct and, in suitable cases, alternative to traditional pharmacological anaesthesia.

Keywords: anaesthesia adjuvants; anaesthesia and analgesia; general anaesthesia; hypnosis.

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Hypnosis as an alternative to general anaesthesia for paediatric superficial surgery: a randomised controlled trial.
Sola C, Devigne J, Bringuier S, Pico J, Coruble L, Capdevila X, Captier G, Dadure C. Sola C, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2023 Mar;130(3):314-321. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.11.023. Epub 2023 Jan 21. Br J Anaesth. 2023. PMID: 36690538 Clinical Trial.

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