title: Monitoring of the brain and spinal cord.
abstract: IOM has become commonly used by many surgeons to enhance their intraoperative decision making and reduce the morbidity and mortality of selected procedures. The ability to perform these tests rests on the anesthesiologist's ability to provide the patient with an anesthetic plan that provides comfort and monitoring. When events occur, the anesthesiologist's knowledge and ability to manipulate the patient's physiologic condition become integral to the decision making. A good understanding of the neural anatomy, impact of physiology, and anesthetic medications can allow effective IOM and good team decision making when changes in IOM occur.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado at Denver, Health Sciences Center, Campus Box B113, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA. leslie.jameson@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: Leslie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Jameson
authors.forename: Tod B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Sloan
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*