Anesthetic Selection for an Awake Craniotomy for a Glioma With Wernicke's Aphasia: A Case Report.

Awake craniotomies for tumor resections allow for the preservation of eloquent cortex; however, they are high-risk surgeries that require careful patient selection and meticulous anesthetic management. Patients with significant preoperative language deficits may be unable to participate in intraoperative language mapping, increasing the risk of a failed surgery. Furthermore, anesthetic agents given for sedation and analgesia during the initial portion of the surgery may exacerbate existing language deficits.

Perioperative use of glucose containing solutions in infants less than 6 months of age: A clinical practice survey among US academic centers.

Background: Although there is a wide breadth of literature on glucose homeostasis in infants, standardization of perioperative hypoglycemia diagnosis and management is lacking.

Aims: Survey of academic pediatric anesthesiology departments across the USA to evaluate institutional policies regarding the perioperative use of glucose containing solutions in infants less than 6 months of age.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to 20 United States university affiliated academic pediatric anesthesiology departments.