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Neurosurgical anesthesiology, [1] neuroanesthesiology, or neurological anesthesiology [2] is a subspecialty of anesthesiology devoted to the total perioperative care of patients before, during, and after neurological surgeries, including surgeries of the central (CNS) and peripheral nervous systems (PNS).
Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman.A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease.
Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) or intraoperative neuromonitoring is the use of electrophysiological methods such as electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and evoked potentials to monitor the functional integrity of certain neural structures (e.g., nerves, spinal cord and parts of the brain) during surgery.
Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system. [1]
The Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal publishing research on neurosurgical anesthesia.It was established in 1988 by James E. Cottrell and John Hartung (SUNY Downstate College of Medicine), who became the journal's founding editor-in-chief and associate editor, respectively. [1]
"Anesthesia and Neurosurgery" (with Herman Turndorf, 530 pages, Mosby-Year Book, 2nd edition, 1986, ISBN 0801611636) "Handbook of Neuroanesthesia" (with Philippa Newfield, 437 pages, Little, Brown and Company, 1st edition, 1983, ISBN 0316604704) "Occupational Hazards to Operating and Recovery Room Personnel. International Anesthesiology Clinics.
Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. [1] It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. [2]
Anesthesia is a combination of the endpoints (discussed above) that are reached by drugs acting on different but overlapping sites in the central nervous system. General anesthesia (as opposed to sedation or regional anesthesia) has three main goals: lack of movement , unconsciousness, and blunting of the stress response. In the early days of ...