Risks and benefits of patient positioning during neurosurgical care.
Positioning of the surgical patient is an important part of anesthesia care and attention to the physical and physiologic consequences of positioning can help prevent serious adverse events and complications. The general principles of patient positioning of the anesthetized and awake neurosurgical patient are discussed in this article.
Rozet
Irene
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98134, USA.
Vavilala
Monica S
MS
D000758:Anesthesia; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000592:standards; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011187:Posture; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic