[Loco-regional anesthesia in vascular surgery].
Per-operative management of patients with cardiovascular pathology, has been regarded, since ever, as a challenge for anesthesiologists and vascular surgeons. Vascular disease, often diffuse and asymptomatic, has a high prevalence in the community and is associated to an annual mortality rate of 12%. This requires that anesthetic technique should be concentrated in the preservation of myocardial, renal, pulmonary and cerebral functions, during the hemodynamic alterations related to surgery, in order to lower the per-operative complications and to promote faster and safer post-operative recovery. In this paper we describe the experience of the Anesthesiology Department of S. Joatilde;o Hospital, Porto, particulary with the superficial and deep cervical plexus block, in carotid endarterectomy surgery.
Andrade
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Serviço de Anestesiologia do Hospital de S. João, Porto.
Ferreira
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Mourão
J
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Oliveira
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J
Gomes
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Afonso
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D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures