Anesthesia and Sedation Practices among Neurointerventionalists during Acute Ischemic Stroke Endovascular Therapy

Background and Purpose: Intra-arterial reperfusion therapies are expanding frontiers in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) management but there is considerable variability in clinical practice. The use of general anesthesia (GA) is one example. We aimed to better understand sedation practices in AIS. <...

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Main Authors: David L McDonagh, DaiWai M Olson, Junaid S Kalia, Rishi Gupta, Alex Abou-Chebl, Osama O Zaidat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2010.00118/full