The role of somatosensory evoked potentials in detecting cerebral ischaemia during carotid endarterectomy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 648-656

  Fielmuth, S ^a,b   Uhlig, T ^c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dietrich Bonhoeffer Klinikum   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d Klinikum Luedenscheid   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia conduction; Carotid stenosis; Cervical plexus; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CERVICAL PLEXUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46249127859     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508003967     Document Type: Article

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