Effects of neck position and head elevation on intracranial pressure in anaesthetized neurosurgical patients

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-14

  Mavrocordatos, P ^a   Bissonnette, B ^c   Ravussin, P ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Hopital Regional   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: neurosurgery; Monitoring: intracranial pressure; Position: head, neck, operating table

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NECK; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS RETURN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEAD; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTURE; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0033986538     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200001000-00003     Document Type: Article

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