RT Book, Section
A1 Dawson Tobin, Catherine
A1 Sabbagh, Michel J.
A1 Scott Walton, John
A1 Brown, Tod A.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137608873
T1 Postoperative Neurologic and Psychiatric Complications
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137608873
RD 2024/04/19
AB Neurologic  and  psychiatric  complications  are  often  encountered  in  the  postoperative  period  and  may  be  very  alarming.  Hospitalists  must  be  able  to  recognize  and  initiate  treatment  for  many  of  these  postoperative  complications.  The  differential  diagnosis  of  common  problems  (such  as  headache)  may  also  be  very  different  in  the  perioperative  period.  This  chapter  will  cover  common  presentations,  risk  factors  and  prevention  techniques,  and  management  of  several  postoperative  neurologic  and  psychiatric  conditions,  including:  seizures,  delirium,  confusion,  delayed  emergence,  muscle  weakness  by  anesthetic  drugs,  stroke,  blindness,  awareness  under  anesthesia,  cognitive  dysfunction,  headache,  spinal  cord  injury,  and  peripheral  nerve  injury.