Provides an overview of preoperative evaluation principles for adult patients undergoing intracranial and vascular neurosurgical procedures.
May guide preoperative evaluation for neurosurgical patients; leaves open prospective validation of outcome impact.
The preoperative assessment of the patient for neurosurgical and endovascular procedures involves the understanding of the neurological disease and its systemic presentation, and the requirements of the procedure. There is a wide spectrum of different neurosurgical disorders and procedures. This article provides an overview of the preoperative evaluation of these patients with respect to general principles of neuroanesthesia, and considerations for specific intracranial and vascular neurosurgical and interventional neuroradiological procedures.
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