Motor evoked potentials in thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: CON

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 361-368

  Coselli, Joseph S ^a,b   Tsai, Peter I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Paraplegia; Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANEURYSM SURGERY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITOTOXICITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD POTENTIAL; SURGICAL RISK; THERMAL INJURY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; AORTIC ANEURYSM; COMPLICATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952594739     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2010.01.001     Document Type: Review

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