Practical Approach to Neuroanesthesia

1. Brain Metabolism, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cerebrospinal Fluid.........................................................................1
Chanannait Paisansathan and Verna L. Baughman
2. Anesthetic Effects on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism................................................................................11
Mark F. Mueller and Verna L. Baughman
3. Fluid Management During Neurosurgical Procedures...........................................................................................22
Concezione Tommasino and Valentina Picozzi
4. Routine Craniotomy for Supratentorial Masses.........................................................................................................37
Eiman Rahimi and Pirjo H. Manninen
5. Emergency Craniotomy......................................................................................................................................................53
Michael V. Presta and Ricky B. Shah
6. Posterior Fossa Tumor Surgery........................................................................................................................................62
Audrice Francois
7. Carotid Endarterectomy.....................................................................................................................................................68
Chiranjeev Saha
8. The Pituitary Gland—Considerations in the Adult...................................................................................................83
Jeffrey J. Pasternak
9. Intracranial Aneurysms.......................................................................................................................................................99
Leslie Jameson
10. Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs).................................................................................................115
Sabin Caius Oana and N. Kurt Baker-Watson
11. Neurosurgical Procedures and Chronic Pain............................................................................................................138
Cuong Vu, Joseph Salama-Hanna, and Grace Chen
12. Anesthesia for Spinal Cord Injury Surgery.................................................................................................................148
Katherine S.L. Gil
13. Anesthesia for Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors...............................................................................................192
Stacie Deiner
14. Functional Neurosurgery.................................................................................................................................................201
Hélène G. Pellerin and Rosemary Ann Craen
15. The Approach to the Pediatric Neurosurgical Patient...........................................................................................211
Karen A. Dean and Rita Agarwal
16. Pediatric Congenital Lesions..........................................................................................................................................229
Michael Chen and Cynthia Tung
17. Chiari Malformation...........................................................................................................................................................237
Penny P. Liu, Krystal Tomei, and J. Brad Bellotte
18. Craniofacial Surgery—Pediatric Considerations.....................................................................................................243
Petra M. Meier and Susan M. Goobie
19. Epilepsy Surgery .................................................................................................................................................................254
Hubert A. Benzon, Craig D. McClain, and Heidi M. Koenig
Contents
20. Pediatric Neurovascular Lesions....................................................................................................................................262
Hubert A. Benzon, Edward R. Smith, and Craig D. McClain
21. Sitting Position During Surgery.....................................................................................................................................270
Antoun Koht and James P. Chandler
22. Air Embolism........................................................................................................................................................................280
Steven B. Edelstein
23. Stroke and Brain Protection............................................................................................................................................290
John Dunford
24. Anesthetic-induced Neurotoxicity...............................................................................................................................307
Andreas W. Loepke and Mary Ellen McCann
25. Neurosurgery in the Pregnant Patient........................................................................................................................317
Cristina Wood and Brenda Bucklin
26. Electrophysiologic Monitoring (EEG and Evoked Potentials).............................................................................328
Tod B. Sloan and Francesco Sala
27. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring...................................................................................................................................351
Jess W. Brallier
28. Other Monitoring Techniques: Jugular Venous Bulb, Transcranial Doppler,
and Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring..........................................................................................................................362
Benjamin Scott
29. Traumatic Brain Injury ......................................................................................................................................................377
Monica S. Vavilala and Deepak Sharma
30. Intensive Care of Spinal Cord Injury in Adults..........................................................................................................390
Linda S. Aglio and Grace Y. Kim
31. Coma and Brain Death......................................................................................................................................................404
Avinash B. Kumar

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