Marcel J H Aries1,2, Sytse F de Jong3,4, J Marc C van Dijk4, Joost Regtien3, Bart Depreitere5, Marek Czosnyka6, Peter Smielewski6, Jan Willem J Elting7. 1. Department of Critical Care Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.j.h.aries@umcg.nl. 2. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. m.j.h.aries@umcg.nl. 3. Department of Critical Care Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 5. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Leuven, Louvain, Belgium. 6. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. 7. Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cerebral autoregulation is increasingly recognized as a factor that requires evaluation when managing poor grade aneurysmal subarachnoidal hemorrhage (aSAH) patients. In this single center pilot study, we investigated whether intraventricular intracranial pressure (ICP) derived when extraventricular drain (EVD) is open can be used to calculate dynamic autoregulation estimates in ICU aSAH patients. METHODS: Ten patients with the diagnosis of aSAH as confirmed by computed tomography (CT) and CT-angiography were enrolled. ICP was monitored via a transducer connected to the most proximal side exit of the EVD catheter. From at least 30 min periods of brain monitoring before, during, and after temporarily EVD closure, commonly used indexes of dynamic cerebral autoregulation were calculated. RESULTS: Preserved pulsatile ICP signals were seen with open EVD. There were no significant changes in parameters describing cerebral autoregulation between EVD open and closed conditions. Power spectra of ABP and ICP showed no significant changes for the selected frequency ranges. There was a small significant increase in absolute ICP [2.4 (3.8) mmHg, p < 0.001] upon short-term EVD closure. Cerebral spinal reserve capacity (RAP index) worsened significantly by short-term EVD closure. CONCLUSIONS: Due to preserved slow fluctuations in the ICP signal, an open EVD system can be used to calculate dynamic autoregulation indices in aSAH patients requiring intensive care monitoring with the pressure measurement from the most proximal part of drain. If these results are confirmed in larger study, this technique can open the way for investigating the role of autoregulation disturbance in aSAH patients.
BACKGROUND: Cerebral autoregulation is increasingly recognized as a factor that requires evaluation when managing poor grade aneurysmal subarachnoidal hemorrhage (aSAH) patients. In this single center pilot study, we investigated whether intraventricular intracranial pressure (ICP) derived when extraventricular drain (EVD) is open can be used to calculate dynamic autoregulation estimates in ICU aSAH patients. METHODS: Ten patients with the diagnosis of aSAH as confirmed by computed tomography (CT) and CT-angiography were enrolled. ICP was monitored via a transducer connected to the most proximal side exit of the EVD catheter. From at least 30 min periods of brain monitoring before, during, and after temporarily EVD closure, commonly used indexes of dynamic cerebral autoregulation were calculated. RESULTS: Preserved pulsatile ICP signals were seen with open EVD. There were no significant changes in parameters describing cerebral autoregulation between EVD open and closed conditions. Power spectra of ABP and ICP showed no significant changes for the selected frequency ranges. There was a small significant increase in absolute ICP [2.4 (3.8) mmHg, p < 0.001] upon short-term EVD closure. Cerebral spinal reserve capacity (RAP index) worsened significantly by short-term EVD closure. CONCLUSIONS: Due to preserved slow fluctuations in the ICP signal, an open EVD system can be used to calculate dynamic autoregulation indices in aSAH patients requiring intensive care monitoring with the pressure measurement from the most proximal part of drain. If these results are confirmed in larger study, this technique can open the way for investigating the role of autoregulation disturbance in aSAH patients.
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