Papaverine is a confounding factor in neurological assessment after cerebral aneurysm clipping: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Papaverine is a confounding factor in neurological assessment after cerebral aneurysm clipping: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Intracisternal papaverine instillation is being used across many centers after cerebral aneurysm clipping to prevent and treat cerebral vasospasm. Pupillary dilatation secondary to papaverine can interfere with the neurological assessment postoperatively. This report describes pupillary changes in t...

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Main Authors: Veena Sheshadri, Rohini Surve, B. A. Chandramouli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
Subjects:
aneurysm clipping
intracisternal papaverine
pupillary dilatation and areflexia
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2348-0548.173243

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