The anaesthetic management of circulatory arrest.
Induced circulatory arrest is a technique used to provide a period of operative stability in a variety of surgical procedures that might otherwise be technically unfeasible. The use of hypothermia and barbiturates for protection against cerebral ischaemia during circulatory arrest is reviewed against a background of the pathophysiology of cerebral ischaemia and possible future therapies are also suggested.
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London.
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D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000379:methods*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D013874:Thiopental / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids; D013874:Thiopental