Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology - Published Ahead-of-Print
Background: Websites serve as recruitment and educational tools for many fellowship programs, including neuroanesthesiology. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, when interviews, conferences, and institutional visits were moved online, websites have become more important for applicants when deciding on their preferred fellowship program. This study evaluated...
Background: Postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Identification of risk factors for postoperative AKI is clinically important. Serum lactate can increase in situations of inadequate oxygen delivery and is widely used to assess a patient’s clinical course. We investigated the association between intraoperative...
Frailty is increasingly prevalent in the aging neurosurgical population and is an important component of perioperative risk stratification and optimization to reduce complications. Frailty is measured using the phenotypic or deficit accumulation models, with simplified tools most commonly used in studies of neurosurgical patients. There are a limited...
Background: Ventriculoatrial (VA) shunts are used to manage hydrocephalus and idiopathic intracranial hypertension when peritoneal drainage of cerebrospinal fluid is not feasible. The technique of distal catheter placement during VA shunt insertion is controversial, especially between fluoroscopy-guided and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-guided...
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