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British Journal of Anaesthesia 2007 99(1):95-101; doi:10.1093/bja/aem138
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© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2007. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Ischaemic stroke: acute management, intensive care, and future perspectives

R. Kollmar* and S. Schwab*

Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

* Corresponding authors. E-mail: rainer.kollmar{at}uk-erlangen.de (R.K.); stefan.schwab{at}uk-erlangen.de (S.S.)

Recently, a number of developments in the acute management of stroke have necessitated active involvement of neurocritical care. This review focuses on the immediate care, including intensive care, that may make a difference to the patient outcome. Recent research, that highlights the importance of acute management of stroke in terms of thrombolysis, thrombolytic agents, decompressive surgery, and hypothermia, has been reviewed.

Keywords: brain, ischaemia; hypothermia; surgery, craniotomy


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