Anaesthesia for Neurological Conditions
Anaesthesia for Neurological Conditions
The topics in this section can sometimes blend in to one, given the 'same-same but different' approach to management and an all-too-frequent use of the word dystrophy.
The curriculum asks for 'understanding of the principles of anaesthesia for patients with neurological disease', which covers all the topics below.
There have been past CRQ/SAQs on chronic spinal cord injury (2017, 2023), myasthenia gravis (2019), Parkinson's disease (2020, 2023) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (2022).
- Perioperative care for neuromuscular diseases (in general)
- Hereditary neuromuscular disorders
- Muscular dystrophy (in brief)
- Myotonic dystophy
- Acquired neuromuscular disorders
- Other neurological conditions
- Chronic spinal cord injury
- Autonomic nervous system dysfunction