Manual of Neuroanesthesia

This book will provide all the basic details of neuroanaesthesia and how management of different neurosurgical cases may differ. Simple issues such as neurological examination of patient, understanding CT-scan and MRI scans along with anaesthetic management are discussed in simple language, making this book a ready-reckoner. The title provides an insight into all possible aspects of anesthetic management of neurosurgical and commonly encountered neurologic patients. The book also includes chapters related to allied specialities such as critical care, neurology and neuroradiology, making it a complete package.

Features

    Reviews the pre-operative and post-operative management
    Discusses the practical concepts of neuroanaethesia
    Facilitates better understanding of the diagnostic aids
    Explores allied specialities such as critical care, neurology and neuroradiology
    Discusses special considerations such as pregnancy, paediatrics and geriatric population, traumatic brain injury, stroke and brain-stem death

Table of Contents

Basic principles of Neuroanaesthesia. Anatomical considerations. Intracranial Pressure. Cerebral perfusion pressure. Brain protection. Examining the neurosurgical patient. Preanaesthetic evaluation. Neurologic examination. Monitoring the neurosurgical patient. Electrocardiography. Oxygenation. End-tidal carbon dioxide. Arterial blood pressure. Central venous pressure. Neuromonitoring. Haemodynamic variations. Temperature. Urine output. Anaesthesia for neurosurgical patient. Difficult airway. Venous cannulation. Brain relaxation. Anaesthetic agents – Intravenous. Anaesthetic agents –Inhalational. Neuromuscular blockade and Opioids. Preoperative steroids. Emergence from anaesthesia. Positioning the neurosurgical patient. Positioning of patients. Fluid management of neurosurgical patient. Perioperative fluids. Hyperosmolar therapy. Blood loss and transfusion. Case-specific management. Aqueductal stenosis. Arnold-Chiari malformation. Awake craniotomy. Brachial plexus injury for repair. Brain abscess. Carotid angioplasty. Cerebello-pontine angle tumor. Cerebral aneurysm. Cerebral AV malformation. Cervical spine surgery. Craniosynostosis. Epilepsy surgery. Extradural haemoatoma. Lumbar meningomyelocoele. Moya-moya disease. Neuroendoscopy. Occipital encephalocoele. Pituitary surgery. Posterior fossa tumor. Status epilepticus. Sub-dural hematoma. Supratentorial tumor. Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Pre- operative complications in neurosurgical patients. Venous air embolism. Postoperative pain. Postoperative nausea and vomiting. Postoperative respiratory complications. Postoperative blindness. Basics of neuroradiology. Understanding Neuroradiology .Basics of neurointensive care. Basic principles of Neuro-intensive Care. Special considerations. Special Considerations: Pregnancy. Special Considerations: Paediatrics. Special Considerations: Geriatrics. Special Considerations: Traumatic brain injury. Special Considerations: Myasthenia gravis. Special Considerations: guillain Barre Syndrome. Special Considerations: Status epilepticus. Special Considerations: Stroke Special Considerations: Brainstem death. Appendix: Scales and Scores.

Dr.HemanshuPrabhakar is Additional Professor in Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He received his training in neuroanaesthesia in the same institute and is currently completing his PhD. He is recipient of the AIIMS Excellence award for notable contribution in academics. He has more than 200 publications in national and international journals to his credit. He is a reviewer for various national and international journals. He is also a review author for the Cochrane Collaboration and has special interest in evidence based practice of neuroanaesthesia. He is a member of various national and international neuroanaesthesia societies and past Secretary of the Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care. He is an invited faculty for various national and international conferences. He is on the Editorial board of Indian Journal of Palliative care and is the executive editor of the Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care.