Anesthesia and the Central Nervous System Papers presented at the 38th Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology, February 19–23, 1993

Anesthesia and the Central Nervous System is a textbook for a postgraduate course as well as a reference for all anesthesiologists which presents many of the latest concepts in anesthesiology within a brief formal presentation.
An outstanding faculty presents topics relating to the biochemistry, physiology, and pharmacology of the nervous system, the anesthetic management of intracranial and spinal cord surgery, and the intensive care management of central nervous system disease. Each chapter is a brief but sharply focused glimpse of the interests in anesthesia.
This textbook is the eleventh in a continuing series documenting the proceedings of the Postgraduate Course in Salt Lake City.

Cerebral Blood Flow: Physiology and Pharmacology.- Practical Aspects of Spinal Cord Physiology.- Cerebrospinal Fluid: Physiology and Pharmacology.- Cerebral Blood Flow: Physiology and Pathologic Conditions.- Cerebrovascular Responses to Shock During Resuscitation.- Intraoperative Electrophysiologic Monitoring.- Noninvasive Measurement of Brain Vascular Hemoglobin Saturation.- Aids and the CNS: Anesthetic Implications.- Anesthesia and Intracranial Pressure.- The Importance or Irrelevance of Intracranial Pressure in Elective Neurosurgery.- Anesthetic Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury.- Airway Management of Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Compression.- Anesthetic Management of Patients with Head Trauma.- Anesthetic Management of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.- Why is My Patient Not Waking Up After Neurosurgery?.- Brain Monitoring in the Critical Care Unit.- Anesthesia for Posterior Fossa Surgery.- Anesthesia for Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery.- Muscle Relaxants in Neuroanesthesia.- Air Embolism.- Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy.- Anesthetic Considerations for Infants and Neonates.- Fluid Management in Elective Neurosurgery.- Monitoring in Neuroanesthesia.- Cerebral Protective Effects of Anesthetics.- Hypothermia: Physiology and Clinical Application.- Drug Induced Depression of CMRO2 During Aneurysm Clipping.- Use of Calcium Entry Blockers for Brain Protection.- Free Radicals and Brain Damage.- Neurologic Complications of Cardiac Surgery.- Cerebral Effects of the Newer Anesthetic Agents.- Neurotoxicity of Anesthetics.