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Author:
Marin-Caballos, A  Murillo-Cabezas, F  Cayuela-Dominguez, A  Dominguez-Roldan, JM  Rincon-Ferrari, MD  Valencia-Anguita, J  Flores-Cordero, JM  Munoz-Sanchez, MA  


Journal:
CRITICAL CARE


Issue Date:
2005


Abstract(summary):

Introduction Higher and lower cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) thresholds have been proposed to improve brain tissue oxygen pressure (PtiO(2)) and outcome. We study the distribution of hypoxic PtiO(2) samples at different CPP thresholds, using prospective multimodality monitoring in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Methods This is a prospective observational study of 22 severely head injured patients admitted to a neurosurgical critical care unit from whom multimodality data was collected during standard management directed at improving intracranial pressure, CPP and PtiO(2). Local PtiO(2) was continuously measured in uninjured areas and snapshot samples were collected hourly and analyzed in relation to simultaneous CPP. Other variables that influence tissue oxygen availability, mainly arterial oxygen saturation, end tidal carbon dioxide, body temperature and effective hemoglobin, were also monitored to keep them stable in order to avoid non-ischemic hypoxia. Results Our main results indicate that half of PtiO(2) samples were at risk of hypoxia ( defined by a PtiO(2) equal to or less than 15 mmHg) when CPP was below 60 mmHg, and that this percentage decreased to 25% and 10% when CPP was between 60 and 70 mmHg and above 70 mmHg, respectively ( p < 0.01). Conclusion Our study indicates that the risk of brain tissue hypoxia in severely head injured patients could be really high when CPP is below the normally recommended threshold of 60 mmHg, is still elevated when CPP is slightly over it, but decreases at CPP values above it.


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