An increasingly large number of anesthetic cases are performed outside the traditional operating room environment. Procedures performed in areas such as the electrophysiology laboratory and interventional radiology department are becoming…
The first descriptions of spine disorders were recorded nearly 4000 years ago in Egypt, when patients with such afflictions were left bedridden and death was considered unavoidable. One of the…
Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Kurt Smith and eppstein uhen architects in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for their generous donation of time and expertise to the composition of…
Critical care, including postoperative care, of the neurologically ill patient involves application of the general critical care principles of management with an added focus on prevention and treatment of secondary…
The past two decades have seen advances in medical technology that now allow physicians to treat a patient with noninvasive or minimally invasive procedures. Patients who would have been subjected…
The pituitary is often referred to as the “master” hormonal gland because of the innumerable influences it exerts over physiologic homeostasis. It is located in the sella turcica, a bony…
Numerous clinical situations remain as problematic issues which continue to vex neuroanesthesiologists and neurointensivists as they work to optimize outcomes for their patients. Nascent research ongoing at this time may…
Neurosurgical lesions in infants and children have distinct manifestations and management issues. Age-related differences in the surgical lesions, anatomy and physiological responses to surgery and anesthesia underlie the clinically relevant…
Introduction Harvey Cushing, an American neurosurgeon, recognized that the perioperative environment required detailed data collection. Working with colleagues in the 1890s, he is credited with bringing the intraoperative anesthetic record…
Introduction The successful treatment of pain in the preoperative patient is important with all surgical specialties, but in many instances it is more critical in the patient undergoing neurosurgical or…
