Pre-operative Evaluation in Patients with Neurological Diseases, Part 1

İrem Fatma Uludağ; Muhteşem Gedizlioğlu; Yaşar Zorlu

İrem Fatma Uludağ¹, Muhteşem Gedizlioğlu², Yaşar Zorlu¹

¹Izmir Tepecik Educational And Research Hospital, Neurology Clinic
²Izmir Educational And Research Hospital, Neurology Clinic

Keywords: Preoperative period, neurology, surgery, disease management, perioperative period, anesthetics.

Abstract

Neurologic diseases influence the morbidity and mortality in non-neurosurgical operations and determine the required tests for the preoperative evaluation, the choice of the anesthetic medication and the perioperative care. The present review provides information about the principles of the preoperative management in patients with neurologic diseases undergoing non-neurosurgical operations and addresses some special preoperative management issues in specific neurological diseases.