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Patients recover from anaesthesia as the agents given to maintain anaesthesia are either excreted or metabolised.
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Eltringham, R.J., Durkin, M., Casey, W.F. (1998). Normal Recovery. In: Post-Operative Recovery and Pain Relief. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0899-3_2
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