title: Intraoperative cerebral ischaemia.
abstract: The brain is highly vulnerable to damage from even a brief imbalance of oxygen delivery and demand. Most cerebral hypoxic damage is reversible, but infarction and permanent brain damage may result.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods