title: Cerebral ischemia during surgery: an overview.
abstract: Cerebral ischemia is the pathophysiological condition in which the oxygenated cerebral blood flow is less than what is needed to meet cerebral metabolic demand. It is one of the most debilitating complications in the perioperative period and has serious clinical sequelae. The monitoring and prevention of intraoperative cerebral ischemia are crucial because an anesthetized patient in the operating room cannot be neurologically assessed. In this paper, we provide an overview of the definition, etiology, risk factors, and prevention of cerebral ischemia during surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Bin
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Lingzhong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Adrian W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Gelb
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; huangwenqi86@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Wen-Qi
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Huang
keywords: definition; perioperative cerebral ischemia; prevention; risk factor