RESUMO
The removal of basal intracranial meningiomas in 54 patients, even under general anesthesia with neuro-autonomous blocking, was accompanied by cardiovascular reactions caused by both reflex effects and direct excitation of brain stem structures. These reactions were always of a pressor nature only. Postoperatively, the vascular reactions were also of a pressor nature and presented themselves as components of either a non-specific stress response or a developing diencephalo-catabolic syndrome. Taking into account that the leading cause of the vascular disorders in stress responses and the diencephalo-catabolic syndrome is the irritative process in the brain stem structures, it is important for the prevention and management of these disorders to suppress by pharmacological means the irritation of the median formations with simultaneous blood replacement and conduction of maintenance cardiac therapy.
