Increased oxygen administration during awake carotid surgery can reverse neurological deficit following carotid cross-clamping

We describe the management of two patients undergoing awake carotid surgery who developed signs of cerebral ischaemia following cross-clamping of the internal carotid artery. Administration of oxygen 100% with a close-fitting anaesthetic facemask reversed the neurological deficit, avoiding the need...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of anaesthesia : BJA 2005-05, Vol.94 (5), p.582-585
Hauptverfasser:	Stoneham, M.D., Martin, T.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged anaesthetic techniques anaesthetic techniques, regional, cervical plexus block Biological and medical sciences Brain Ischemia - etiology Brain Ischemia - therapy Carotid Artery, Internal - physiopathology carotid endarterectomy cervical plexus block Constriction drugs drugs, oxygen Endarterectomy, Carotid - methods Female Humans Intraoperative Care - methods Intraoperative Complications - therapy Male Medical sciences Nerve Block Neurology Neurosurgery oxygen Oxygen Inhalation Therapy regional Skull, brain, vascular surgery surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases surgery, carotid endarterectomy Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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