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Editor’s Picks: Highlights from the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

As the official journal of SNACC, the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology has a long history of publishing original and review articles relevant to the SNACC membership. Dr. Martin Smith is the Editor-in-Chief. Subscribe to the JNA e-Table of Contents here and follow JNA on Twitter (@JNeurosurgAnes).

Alana Flexman, MD, FRCPC
SNACC Representative to the JNA Editorial Board

Alana Flexman, MD, FRCPC

We are pleased to share several updates from the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology with the SNACC membership!

• Reviewer Acknowledgement: Dr. Martin Smith, JNA Editor-in-Chief, acknowledges and thanks all the SNACC reviewers for their service, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic given the demands on everyone’s time. As always, if you are interested in serving as a reviewer for JNA, please contact Dr. Martin Smith directly.

• Online access: Since January 2020, all SNACC memberships have included online access to the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology (print subscriptions are still available at additional cost if requested). This new feature will provide easy and rapid access to valuable JNA content for all our members.

• SNACC Consensus Statements: The Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology has worked closely with SNACC to publish the updated consensus statement on perioperative stroke, as well as two recommendations for neuroanesthesia practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. All of these documents are free to view on the JNA website:
  
  Vlisides P, Moore L, Whalin M, Robicsek S, Gelb A, Lele AV, et al. Perioperative Care of Patients at High Risk for Stroke during or after Non-Cardiac, Non-Neurologic Surgery: 2020 Guidelines from the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2020;32(3).           
  
  Sharma D, Rasmussen M, Han R, Whalin M, Davis M, Kofke WA, Raghvan LV, Raychev R, Fraser JF. Anesthetic Management of Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke During COVID-19 Pandemic: Consensus Statement from Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (SNACC) [Endorsed by Society of Vascular & Interventional Neurology (SVIN), Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), Neurocritical Care Society (NCS), and European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT)]. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2020; 32(3)
  
  Flexman AM, Abcejo, A, Avitisian R, De Sloovere, V, Highton D, Juul N, Li S, Meng L, Paisansathan C, Rath GP, Rozet I, Neuroanesthesia Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations from Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (SNACC). J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2020; 32(3)

• Featured JNA Content: Editor-in-Chief Dr. Martin Smith has highlighted several articles in the next issue of JNA, and look out for these articles in the upcoming Editor’s Choice in the July issue of JNA:
  
  
  1. Two thought provoking editorials:
     
     • Elwell C. Brain Imaging for Global Health. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2020; 32(3)
     
     • McKinstry-Wu AR, Proekt A, Kelz MB. Neural inertia - a sticky situation for anesthesia. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2020; 32(3)
     
     
  2.  Dong, J, Zeng M, Ji N, Hao S, Zhou Y, Gao Z, Gu H, Zhang L, Ma D, Peng Y, Han, R. Impact of Anesthesia on Long-term Outcomes in Patients With Supratentorial High-grade Glioma Undergoing Tumor Resection: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2020; 32(3)
     This retrospective study found similar disease free survival times in patients who receive propofol and sevoflurane anesthesia for brain tumor resection. On secondary analysis, the authors also found a relationship between preoperative Karnofsky performance status and improved survival with propofol, although the significance of this secondary finding is unknown.
     
     
  3. Rivera-Lara L, Geocadin R, Zorrilla-Vaca A, Healy R, Radzik BR, Palmisano C, White MA, Sha D, Ponce-Mejia L, Brown C, Hogue C, Ziai WC. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-derived Cerebral Autoregulation Indices Independently Predict Clinical Outcome in Acutely Ill Comatose Patients. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2020; 32(3)
     This prospective cohort study found that a NIRS-derived assessment of cerebral autoregulation (COx) was able to independently predict mortality and severe disability in acutely comatose adults with neurological injury.