Guest editorial: Postoperative delirium and psychosis: So this is what it's like

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What follows is only that which I can recall after having a total knee replacement some months back.My physician marks his initials on the knee to be replaced while another man in scrubs asks me if I've ever had any trouble with anesthesia. I tell him yes, fentanyl and Versed (midazolam), and remind him that it should be on my admission interview with the nurse. He asks me what happens, so I tell him it makes me crazy, crying, and paranoid, and it lasts several days. Only propofol has not caused me any problems. He says for me not to worry, "We'll take good care of you."