Anesthetic Considerations for Awake Craniotomy for Epilepsy

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-555

  Erickson, Kirstin M ^a   Cole, Daniel J ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHOHEXITAL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGITATION; ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTICIPATION; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOPERATION; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LANGUAGE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; NAUSEA; NEUROLEPTANALGESIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SENSORY CORTEX; SIDE EFFECT; SUBICULUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISION; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34548615197     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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