Society for neuroscience in anesthesiology and critical care expert consensus statement: Anesthetic management of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: Endorsed by the society of NeuroInterventional surgery and the neurocritical care society

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-108

  Talke, Pekka O ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^b   Heyer, Eric J ^c   Bergese, Sergio D ^d   Blackham, Kristine A ^e   Stevens, Robert D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthetic management; endovascular treatment; ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE;

EID: 84896325380     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0000000000000042     Document Type: Article

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