Postoperative neurologic assessment and management of the cardiac surgical patient.

Authors :: Floyd TF
Cheung AT
Stecker MM
Source :: Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery [Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg] 2000 Oct; Vol. 12 (4), pp. 337-48.
Publication Year :: 2000
Abstract: The neurologic evaluation of patients in the immediate postoperative period and postanesthetic state is unique and challenging. Neurologic assessment is complicated by the lingering residual effects of anesthetics as well as by the effects of narcotic analgesics, anxiolytics, and muscle relaxants, especially in ventilated patients. In this review we examine the suspected causes, clinical manifestations, diagnostic options, and intervention schemes for the common neurologic syndromes seen after cardiac operations.<br /> (Copyright 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company)

Subjects :: Brain Diseases, Metabolic diagnosis
Brain Diseases, Metabolic therapy
Humans
Nervous System Diseases therapy
Neurocognitive Disorders diagnosis
Neurocognitive Disorders therapy
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases diagnosis
Postoperative Complications therapy
Seizures diagnosis
Seizures therapy
Spinal Cord Injuries diagnosis
Stroke diagnosis
Stroke therapy
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Nervous System Diseases diagnosis
Neurologic Examination
Postoperative Complications diagnosis
Postoperative Period

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