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3769899

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Over an 8-year period (1977-1984), 1,802 otorhinolaryngological procedures were performed under controlled hypotension. Four patients showed symptoms of cerebral damage post-operatively. One patient had pre-operative unrecognized stenosis of the internal carotid artery, another a hypoplastic vertebral artery. In this female patient, the head had been strongly rotated to the side to expose the surgical field, and the internal jugular vein removed. She died of general ischaemic brain damage on the seventh post-operative day. In the remaining two patients, symptoms of cerebral ischaemia did not occur until the third and eleventh day, respectively, so that the causative role of hypotensive anaesthesia is uncertain. The cases described represent a cerebral morbidity of 4:1,802 (0.22%) and a mortality of 1:1,802 (0.06%). It is concluded that controlled hypotension is a safe technique if the indication is stringently applied, and any risk-bearing factors are carefully excluded.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0265-0215
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-312
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Cerebral complications following induced hypotension.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports