The effect of the sitting upright or 'beachchair' position on cerebral blood flow during anaesthesia for shoulder surgery

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 440-448

  Soeding, P F ^a,b,c   Wang, J ^a,b   Hoy, G ^a,d   Jarman, P ^a,d   Phillips, H ^a   Marks, P ^a   Royse, C ^a,b,c  

^a Avenue Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Melbourne Orthopaedic Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthoscopic surgery; Beachchair position; Cerebral blood flow; Shoulder; Upright sitting position

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; METARAMINOL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEACHCHAIR POSITION; BODY POSITION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SHOULDER SURGERY; SITTING;

EID: 79957908775     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900315     Document Type: Article

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