Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Apr 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyAssessment of intraoperative awareness with explicit recall: a comparison of 2 methods.
Superiority of the modified Brice interview over quality assurance techniques in detecting intraoperative awareness with explicit recall has not been demonstrated definitively. ⋯ The modified Brice interview is the preferred modality for assessing intraoperative awareness with explicit recall.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Apr 2013
ReviewPresurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy: the role of the anesthesiologist.
Patients with medically refractory epilepsy when referred for surgical treatment often undergo extensive investigations to determine whether surgical treatment is feasible. Surgical feasibility is determined by identifying the location and number of seizure foci and their relationship to eloquent areas of the brain. ⋯ Understanding of the principles of seizure localization and of the effects of anesthetic drugs on the various preoperative investigations is essential for patient management. In this review article, we discuss the role of the anesthesiologist in patient management during many of these investigations and the role of anesthetic drugs to aid in the localization of the seizure focus and of determining eloquent brain function.