Complications in Neuroanesthesia

Section I. Complications Related to the Brain 1. Brain herniation 2. Delayed emergence 3. Hydrocephalus 4. Normal Perfusion Pressure Breakthrough 5. Pneumocephalus 6. Seizures 7. Brain swelling and Tense Brain Section II. Complications Related to Spinal Cord 8. Autonomic disturbances 9. Pneumorrhachis 10. Post-Operative Paraplegia and Quadriplegia 11. Spinal shock Section III. Complications Related to Cardiovascular System 12. Aneurysm / arteriovascular malformation rupture 13. Vasospasm 14. Electrocardiogram abnormalities 15. Hemodynamic instability 16. Vascular injuries Section IV. Complications related to coagulations 17. Coagulopathy 18. Postoperative hematoma 19. Thromboembolism Section V. Complications Related to Respiratory System 20. Hypercarbia 21. Hypoxia 22. Neurogenic pulmonary edema Section VI. Complications Related to Airway 23. Intraoperative increased airway pressure 24. Difficult airway - Adults 25. Difficult airway - pediatrics 26. Stridor Section VII. Complications Related to Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances 27. Osmotic demyelination syndromes 28. Cerebral Salt Wasting 29. Diabetes Insipidus 30. Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH) Section VIII. Postoperative Pain 31. Pain following spine surgery 32. Post-craniotomy pain Section IX. Miscellaneous 33. Anaphylaxis 34. Hazards of Advanced Neuromonitoring 35. Hypothermia 36. Nausea and vomiting 37. Peripheral nerve injuries 38. Pharmacological complications 39. Position related complications 40. Postoperative vision loss 41. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction 42. Trigeminocardiac reflex 43. Venous air embolism Section X. Clinical Scenarios 44. Clinical Scenario 1 45. Clinical Scenario 2 46. Clinical Scenario 3 47. Clinical Scenario 4 48. Clinical Scenario 5 49. Clinical Scenario 6 50. Clinical Scenario 7 51. Clinical Scenario 8 52. Clinical Scenario 9 53. Clinical Scenario 10

Hemanshu Prabhakar, MBBS, MD, PhD is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Dr. Prabhakar, having a research experience spanning over 20 years, is a member of various National and International societies. His extensive research in the field of neuroanaesthesia and critical care has been published in various national and international journals across the globe. Dr. Prabhakar is an eminent author and has various book titles to his name. He was featured in the Limca Book of Records 2019 for publishing several books on a niche subject.

"...a comprehensive, well-organized, up-to-date review of complications that may occur in neurosurgical and neurologic patients...we would recommend this book to any trainee or consultant neuroanesthesiologist, intensivist, or neurosurgeon." --Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

"In summary, this textbook is a comprehensive, well-organized, up-to-date review of complications that may occur in neurosurgical and neurologic patients. As it is the only textbook to provide such a comprehensive overview of the complications specifically related to neuroanesthesia, we would recommend this book to any trainee or consultant neuroanesthesiologist, intensivist, or neurosurgeon." --Melissa Brockerville, MD and Lashmi Venkatraghavan, Can J Anaesth, 2016

".Complications in Neuroanesthesia offers a comprehensive discussion of a wide variety of problems that can occur during neurosurgical procedures and offers simple, practical advice that will be helpful for the subspecialist as well as for the general anesthesiologist who finds himself or herself caring for an occasional neurosurgical patient. Many of the chapters are thoughtful and well written.Complications in Neuroanesthesia covers a lot of territory and may be valuable to a subspecialist as well as to the occasional neuroanesthesiologist." -- Keith J. Ruskin, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2016