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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
The extent and timing of posttraumatic cerebral hemodynamic disturbances have significant implications for the monitoring and treatment of patients with head injury. This prospective study of cerebral blood flow (CBF) (measured using 133Xe clearance) and transcranial Doppler (TCD) measurements in 125 patients with severe head trauma has defined three distinct hemodynamic phases during the first 2 weeks after injury. The phases are further characterized by measurements of cerebral arteriovenous oxygen difference (AVDO[2]) and cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO[2]). Phase I (hypoperfusion phase) occurs on the day of injury (Day 0) and is defined by a low CBF calculated from cerebral clearance curves integrated to 15 minutes (mean CBF 32.3 +/- 2 ml/100 g/minute), normal middle cerebral artery (MCA) velocity (mean V[MCA] 56.7 +/- 2.9 cm/second), normal hemispheric index ([HI], mean HI 1.67 +/- 0.11), and normal AVDO(2) (mean AVDO[2] 5.4 +/- 0.5 vol%). The CMRO, is approximately 50% of normal (mean CMRO(2) 1.77 +/- 0.18 ml/100 g/minute) during this phase and remains depressed during the second and third phases. In Phase II (hyperemia phase, Days 1-3), CBF increases (46.8 +/- 3 ml/100 g/minute), AVDO(2) falls (3.8 +/- 0.1 vol%), V(MCA) rises (86 +/- 3.7 cm/second), and the HI remains less than 3 (2.41 +/- 0.1). In Phase III (vasospasm phase, Days 4-15), there is a fall in CBF (35.7 +/- 3.8 ml/100 g/minute), a further increase in V(MCA) (96.7 +/- 6.3 cm/second), and a pronounced rise in the HI (2.87 +/- 0.22). This is the first study in which CBF, metabolic, and TCD measurements are combined to define the characteristics and time courses of, and to suggest etiological factors for, the distinct cerebral hemodynamic phases that occur after severe craniocerebral trauma. This research is consistent with and builds on the findings of previous investigations and may provide a useful temporal framework for the organization of existing knowledge regarding posttraumatic cerebrovascular and metabolic pathophysiology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Blood Flow Velocity, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Brain Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Cerebral Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Cerebral Veins, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Cerebrovascular Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Craniocerebral Trauma, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Hyperemia, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Intracranial Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Ischemic Attack, Transient, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:9202259-Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of cerebral hemodynamic phases following severe head trauma: hypoperfusion, hyperemia, and vasospasm.
pubmed:affiliation
Brain Injury Research Center, and Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, 90024-7039, USA. martin@neurosurg.medsch.ucla.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article