New paradigm shift in perioperative medicine: General anaesthesia finally better than procedural sedation for anterior circulation stroke thrombectomy?

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2019 Dec;38(6):585-587. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.10.005.
No abstract available

Keywords: Conscious sedation; General anaesthesia; Procedural sedation; Stroke; Thrombectomy.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General* / adverse effects
  • Anesthesia, General* / methods
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / etiology
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / prevention & control
  • Carotid Artery Thrombosis / complications
  • Carotid Artery Thrombosis / therapy*
  • Conscious Sedation* / adverse effects
  • Conscious Sedation* / methods
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Equivalence Trials as Topic
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / complications
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / therapy*
  • Mechanical Thrombolysis* / adverse effects
  • Mechanical Thrombolysis* / methods
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Perioperative Medicine / methods
  • Perioperative Medicine / trends*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03229148