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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
This study has been carried out to evaluate the effect of supratentorial mass lesions on the local cerebral blood flow (CBF) of the brain stem. Local CBF of the thalamus, inferior colliculus, and medulla oblongata, and supra- and infratentorial pressure were serially measured in 52 cats with intracranial hypertension produced by supratentorial balloon expansion. The mean control local CBF's in the thalamus, inferior colliculus, and medulla oblongata were 37.5, 42.1, and 30.7 ml/100 gm/min, respectively. At 20 to 30 mm Hg of supratentorial pressure, the local CBF of the thalamus started to decrease, and at 20 mm Hg of infratentorial pressure, the local CBF of the inferior colliculus began to decrease. Finally, at 40 to 60 mm Hg of infratentorial pressure, the local CBF of the medulla oblongata was affected. At the beginning of uncal herniation, indicated by anisocoria, the mean local CBF of the inferior colliculus abruptly decreased from 33.7 to 19.6 ml/100 gm/min in 16 cats. The Cushing response was evoked at a mean supratentorial pressure of 93.4 mm Hg and infratentorial pressure of 49.9 mm Hg in 16 cats. When the systemic arterial pressure was increased to the highest level in 13 cats, the mean local CBF of the medulla oblongata did not show significant change (a decrease from 22.8 to 20.9 ml/100 gm/min). The results suggest that at the beginning of uncal herniation, the local CBF of the upper brain stem markedly decreased. During the Cushing response, the local CBF of the medulla oblongata did not change significantly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-3085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
566-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute intracranial hypertension and brain-stem blood flow. An experimental study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article