Type of general anesthesia effects on endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke

In this podcast, Andrew Kofke, from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, reveals the details of his JNIS Editor's Choice paper published in the November 2016 issue. The study concludes that anesthetic techniques and associated physiology used in endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke (EMAIS) are not homogeneous, making any statements about the effects of generic general anesthesia in stroke ambiguous. In "Anesthetic variation and potential impact of anesthetics used during endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke" the authors also conclude that the type of general anesthesia may affect the outcome after EMAIS. Read the full details here:

http://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2015/11/27/neurintsurg-2015-011998.full.pdf.