title: Microvascular surgery in the posterior fossa: nursing diagnoses.
abstract: Posterior fossa revascularization is a new surgical technique to supply bypassed blood flow past stenoses in the vertebral and basilar arteries. Comprehensive cardiovascular assessment and management by the critical care nurse promotes euvolemia and slight hypertension, which optimizes blood flow through the anastomosis. The authors describe the critical care nursing techniques for the potential nursing diagnoses for these patients.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dosch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Plante
mesh_terms: D002548:Cerebral Revascularization / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*