CHAPTER 37 Intracranial and Cerebrovascular Disease
3 How does cerebrovascular insufficiency manifest itself?
Manifestations include transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs).


5 Are other factors involved in neurologic outcome following an episode of cerebrovascular insufficiency?
8 Define cerebral autoregulation. How is it affected in cerebrovascular disease and what are the anesthetic implications?
9 How are the cerebral responses to hypercapnia and hypocapnia altered in cerebrovascular disease? What are the anesthetic implications?
15 What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy?
18 Does intraoperative electroencephalogram provide clinically useful information during carotid endarterectomy?
19 What are the common postoperative complications of carotid endarterectomy?




21 List the Hunt-Hess classification of neurologic status following spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage
23 Why is early surgical clipping so critical in the management of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage resulting from aneurysm rupture?
25 Describe the treatment options if vasospasm is suspected following an spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage
KEY POINTS: Intracranial and Cerebrovascular Disease
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