Monitoring cerebral blood flow pressure autoregulation in pediatric patients during cardiac surgery

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 41; no. 9; pp. 1957 - 1962
• Main Authors: Brady, Ken M, Mytar, Jennifer O, Lee, Jennifer K, Cameron, Duke E, Vricella, Luca A, Thompson, W Reid, Hogue, Charles W, Easley, R Blaine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2010
• Subjects: Adolescent; Blood Flow Velocity - physiology; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiopulmonary Bypass - instrumentation; Cerebrovascular Circulation - physiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Homeostasis - physiology; Humans; Hypotension - physiopathology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Logistic Models; Male; Monitoring, Intraoperative - methods; Oximetry; Pilot Projects; Prospective Studies; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods

The limits of cerebral blood flow-pressure autoregulation have not been adequately defined for pediatric patients. Mean arterial blood pressure below these limits might contribute to brain injury during cardiac surgery. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess a novel method of determining the...