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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2021; 08(01): 012-019
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1725223
Review Article

Year in Review: Synopsis of Selected Articles in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care from 2020

Tariq Esmail
1   Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
,
Sudhakar Subramaniam
1   Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
,
Lashmi Venkatraghavan
1   Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

This review is a synopsis of selected articles from neuroscience, neuroanesthesia, and neurocritical care from the year 2020 (January–December 2020). The journals reviewed include anesthesia journals, critical care medicine journals, neurology and neurosurgical journals, as well as high-impact medical journals such as the Lancet, Journal of American Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine, and Stroke. This summary of important articles will serve to update the knowledge of anesthesiologists and other perioperative physicians who provide care to neurosurgical and neurocritical care patients. In addition, some of the important narrative reviews that are of interest to neuroanesthesiologists are also listed.

Keywords

brain tumor - neuroanesthesia - neurocritical care - stroke


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Article published online:
13 May 2021

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