The effect of general anesthesia on sleep rhythm of patients / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

In recent years, studies have shown that general anesthesia would affect patients' sleep rhythm to certain extent, which contribute to postoperative sleep disorders. Long-term dysfunction of sleep rhythm will seriously affect patients' outcome and recovery. Therefore, how general anesthesia affects sleep rhythm has become one of the hot topic of clinical. This paper will illustrate the effect of different general anesthetics and anesthetics methods on sleep rhythm and the effect of sleep disorders on postoperative delirium, cardiovascular events and immune function.