title: Neuromonitoring.
abstract: Neuromonitoring--the continuous or intermittent observation of nervous system functions--has become a field of interdisciplinary interest. Basically there are two major applications of neuromonitoring: in the operating theatre and the neurological or neurosurgical intensive care unit. Evoked potential recording, intracranial pressure measurement, serial EEG recording, cerebral blood flow measurement and ultrasound techniques have all been used as monitoring methods. The application of these techniques for operations, intensive care and the evaluation of brain death will be described.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hacke
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012212:Rheology; D012306:Risk; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission