Recent advances in neuroanaesthesia.
In order to provide optimum intracranial operating conditions for neurosurgery, anaesthetists must have a thorough understanding of brain physiology and how this is affected by pathology and anaesthetic drugs and techniques. This article discusses the current understanding of cerebral vascular physiology and how novel neuroanaesthetic drugs and techniques affect it.
Matta
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Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ.
Shankar
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D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery*