title: Neurological complications of surgery and anaesthesia.
abstract: Injury to the central and peripheral nervous systems is often permanent. As such, adverse neurological outcomes of surgery and anaesthesia can be devastating for patients and their families. In this article, we review the incidence, risk factors, outcomes, prevention, and treatment of a number of important neurological complications in the perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA gmashour@umich.edu.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mashour
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Woodrum
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Avidan
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: anaesthesia; delirium; neurological complications; neurological outcomes; postoperative cognitive dysfunction; postoperative visual loss; spinal cord ischaemia; stroke; surgery