Perioperative care of patients at high risk for stroke during or after non-cardiac, non-neurologic surgery: consensus statement from the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Perioperative stroke can be a catastrophic outcome for surgical patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This consensus statement from the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care provides evidence-based recommendations and opinions regarding the preoper...

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Published inJournal of neurosurgical anesthesiology Vol. 26; no. 4; p. 273
Main Authors Mashour, George A, Moore, Laurel E, Lele, Abhijit V, Robicsek, Steven A, Gelb, Adrian W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2014
Subjects
Anesthesiology - methods
Critical Care - methods
Humans
Neurosciences - methods
Perioperative Care - methods
Risk
Societies, Medical
Stroke - prevention & control
Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Summary:Perioperative stroke can be a catastrophic outcome for surgical patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This consensus statement from the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care provides evidence-based recommendations and opinions regarding the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care of patients at high risk for the complication.
ISSN:1537-1921
DOI:10.1097/ANA.0000000000000087