title: Principles of Neuro-anesthesia in Neurosurgery for Intensive Care Unit Nurses.
abstract: As neurosurgical interventions and procedures are advancing, so is the specialty of neuro-anesthesia. The neurosurgeon and the neuro-anesthetist are focused on providing each patient with the best possible outcome. Throughout the surgery, the main priorities of the neuro-anesthetist are patient safety, patient well-being, surgical field exposure, and patient positioning. Potential postoperative complications include nausea and vomiting. Postoperative visual loss is a complication of neurosurgery, most specifically spine surgery, whose origins are unknown. Postoperative considerations for the intensive care unit nurse should include receiving a thorough clinical handoff from the anesthesia provider to ensure care continuity and patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: Marian.Feil@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feil
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Irick
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009493:Neurosurgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications
keywords: Complications; Intraoperative management; Monitoring; Neuro-anesthesia; Positioning