Overview
Part of the book series: Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DCCA, volume 27)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Causes of pre- and post-operative cerebral damage
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Techniques for assessing cerebral damage
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About this book
The causes and incidence of pre- and post-operative cerebral damage are considered in the first section. Cardiac surgery patients frequently have preoperative cerebral impairment, not suprising when one considers the impaired circulation from a damaged heart and the brain's prodigious need for blood. Moreover, several perioperative aspects of surgical procedures have been considered as possible causes of cerebral dysfunction, for example: microbubbles, toxic by-products, non-pulsatile blood flow.
The second section describes how imaging techniques (CT scan, MRI, regional cerebral blood flow imaging), and functional assessment techniques. (PET scan, EEG, BEAM and evoked potentials) can be used to measure cerebral damage.
In the third section, psychometric and neuropsychological techniques are used to assess impaired mental abilities (abstract thinking, language, memory, visuo-spatial ability, mental flexibility, attention and concentration).
The final section explores the relationship between cerebral dysfunction and psychopathology (several types of depression, anxiety, and aspects of organic brain syndrome, delirium and dementia).
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cerebral Damage Before and After Cardiac Surgery
Editors: Allen E. Willner
Series Title: Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1852-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1928-3Published: 28 February 1993
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4818-7Published: 02 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1852-1Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0924-5294
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 270
Topics: Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology, Anesthesiology