Boris D Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The protocol is straightforward and evidence based - verbal priming, EEG guidance, wake up on propofol, undisturbed emergence, and immediate interview. Undisturbed in an OR is... not easy. Not a coincidence that step pushes success from 69% --> 93%. 110
Boris D Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Why would we do this? For one, we were able to add a positive experience to an otherwise stressful surgical encounter. Many patients described the sleep quality in glowing terms - 100
Boris D Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026In ~500 patients, no *awareness* of the OR environment: disconnected consciousness. These experiences were overwhelmingly positive and often intense (or our 😍bedside manner?). Incredible effort by Harrison Chow MD and @pilsik.bsky.social PhD and our OR team. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41632715/ 110
Boris D Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Anesthesia is just like dreamless sleep, right? RIGHT? Cover story @anesthesiology.bsky.social this month - we developed an operating room protocol to promote dreaming during emergence from anesthesia... under the best conditions we found that **93%** of patients had experiences 143