Neurological complications of surgery and anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 194-203

  Mashour, G A ^a   Woodrum, D T ^a   Avidan, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; delirium; neurological complications; neurological outcomes; postoperative cognitive dysfunction; postoperative visual loss; spinal cord ischaemia; stroke; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE VISUAL LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84922496263     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu296     Document Type: Review

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