This eBook is one of 10 carefully selected collections of key articles from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine journal - a continually updated, evidence-based learning resource, based on the RCOA Curriculum. It is ideal for trainees approaching a new sub-specialty and/or when preparing for the FRCA (or similar) exams. It will also prove an invaluable, authoritative refresher for life-long learning and CPD. Related MCQs are included to test your understanding.
Author Information
Edited by Nicholas Pace, FRCA FRCP PhD, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow and Consultant Anaesthetist, Gartnavel General Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow UK.
Section 1: Preoperative Care and Planning
Preoperative assessment of neurosurgical patients
Section 2: Neurosurgical Anatomy and Physiology
The brain: functional divisions
Intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow
Applied cerebral physiology
Cerebrospinal fluid and its physiology
Pharmacological and pathological modulation of cerebral physiology
Section 3: Anaesthesia for Cranial Neurosurgery
Anaesthesia for neurosurgery
Neuromonitoring
Subarachnoid haemorrhage and anaesthesia for neurovascular surgery
Neurosurgical techniques in the management of chronic pain
General principles of postoperative neurosurgical care
Section 4: Pituitary Anaesthesia
Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal function: anaesthetic implications
Pituitary disease and anaesthesia
Section 5: Anaesthesia for Spinal Neurosurgery
Cervical spine disease and anaesthesia
Cervical spine radiology
Anaesthesia for spinal surgery
Section 6: Stroke and Anaesthesia for Neuroradiology
Acute management of stroke – I: ischaemic stroke
Acute management of stroke – II: haemorrhagic stroke
Anaesthesia for interventional neuroradiology
Section 7: Neurological Intensive Care
Clinical approach to comatose patients
Traumatic brain injury: initial resuscitation and transfer
Clinical neuroprotection and secondary neuronal injury mechanisms
Critical care management of severe head injury
Therapeutic hypothermia for brain injury
Therapeutic hypothermia and acute brain injury
Hypoxic–ischaemic brain damage following cardiac arrest
Neuromuscular disorders: relevance to anaesthesia and intensive care
Test Yourself: MCQs
