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August 1, 1945Annals of Internal Medicine

Neuropsychiatric Complications Following Spinal Anesthesia

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Why the study?

Does spinal anesthesia cause neuropsychiatric complications in patients?

Population

Patients receiving spinal anesthesia

Design

Review

Authors

HYH. Edward YaskinJefferson CollegeBABernard J. AlpersHospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Overview

Contradictory reports on post-spinal sequelae warrant clinical caution; leaves open precise modern risk estimates.

Structured PICO

Does spinal anesthesia cause neuropsychiatric complications in patients?

P
Population
Patients receiving spinal anesthesia
I
Intervention
Spinal anesthesia
O
Outcome
Neurological complications (neuropsychiatric complications)safety

This 1945 review highlights the contradictory literature regarding the frequency of neuropsychiatric complications following spinal anesthesia.

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Yaskin et al. (1945) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86ed7da810ea404bcf93b1https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-2-184
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