Music in the OR: Turn It Up, or Turn It Off?

The final word, however, goes to an anesthesiologist who has made a surprising observation. "Patients come off bypass with a heart rate that matches the rhythm of the music we were playing at the moment."

The following playlist is based the OR favorites of Medscape users. Link to Spotify to listen. The original discussion of this topic, including user comments and song suggestions, is available here.

	Medscape Surgical Soundtrack
Song Title	Artist
Fantasia No. 1 in D Minor (arr. for 8-string guitar)	Andrew Schulman
De Pies a Cabeza	Manà, Nicky Jam
Reflexo	Tagore
Holding Back the Years—2008 Remastered Version	Simply Red
In the Air Tonight—2015 Remastered	Phil Collins
Garota de Ipanema	Bossa Nova
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long Long Time)	Elton John
Summer of '69	Bryan Adams
So Nice	Jim Tomlinson
Nights in White Satin—Single Version	The Moody Blues
Jump—2015 Remastered Version	Van Halen
Enter Sandman	Metallica
La Grange—2005 Remastered Version	ZZ Top
Only Time—Original Version	Enya
Dream On	Aerosmith
Fly Me to the Moon	Frank Sinatra, Count Basie
At Last—Single Version	Etta James
Back in Black	AC/DC
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate"	Antonio Vivaldi, Nigel Kennedy
Tom Sawyer	Rush
Serenade in G Major: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bamboleo	Gipsy Kings
Stayin' Alive	Bee Gees
Pride and Joy	Stevie Ray Vaughan
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: For Unto Us a Child is Born Part I	George Frideric Handel
The Way It Is	Bruce Hornsby and The Range
Ave Maria	Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Yo-Yo Ma
Impromptus, D 899, Op. 90: III. Andante	Franz Schubert, Rudolf Buchbinder
Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton
One Love/People Get Ready	Bob Marley & The Wailers
Ocean Blue	Earl Klugh
Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd
Clocks	Coldplay
Sultans of Swing	Dire Straits
And She Was (45 Version)	Talking Heads
Better Together	Jack Johnson
I Wanna Be Sedated—Remastered	Ramones
Crazy	Seal

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Cite this: Music in the OR: Turn It Up, or Turn It Off? - Medscape - May 11, 2017.