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Anesthetic management for pediatric spinal fusion: implications of advances in spinal cord monitoring.

DiCindio S, Schwartz DM

Department of Anesthesiology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA. sdicindi@nemours.org

Currently, the detection of emerging injury through intraoperative neurologic monitoring is the best way to prevent neurologic injury. This requires a team approach that includes the anesthesiologist, neurophysiologist, and surgeon. The monitoring modalities available for the patient must be considered in planning the anesthetic management. In addition, intraoperative care for the patient requires an ongoing attention to how the anesthetic drugs affect spinal cord monitoring.

Published 28 November 2005 in Anesthesiol Clin North America, 23(4): 765-87, x.
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