Affiliation:
1. Pusan National University Hospital
Abstract
Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the effect of intravenous MgSO4 on maternal cerebral hemodynamics as well as the association between altered Doppler indices of the ophthalmic arteries and ocular lesions in patients with preeclampsia.
Methods: After each of the 15 included patients was diagnosed with preeclampsia, MgSO4 was infused followed by transcranial Doppler tests of the indices of the ophthalmic, anterior, middle, posterior cerebral, vertebral, and basilar arteries, followed by a second MgSO4 infusion. The peak, mean, diastolic velocity, and pulsatile and resistance indices of each artery were automatically measured during testing. Based on the emergent data, the cerebral perfusion pressure, resistance-area product, and cerebral flow index were calculated.
Results: The cerebral perfusion pressure of the posterior cerebral arteries significantly decreased following the infusion of MgSO4 (p<0.05). Before the infusion of MgSO4, cerebral perfusion pressure and cerebral flow index of the ophthalmic arteries were significantly increased (p<0.05) in the preeclamptic pregnant patients with ocular lesions compared those without ocular lesions. After the infusion of MgSO4, the cerebral perfusion pressure and cerebral flow index of both ophthalmic arteries were slightly decreased, but the difference was not significant.
Conclusions: Altered Doppler indices following the infusion of MgSO4 suggest significant changes in the hemodynamics of the posterior cerebral and ophthalmic arteries that are particularly related to the neurological signs and symptoms of women with preeclampsia. These findings may improve the understanding of the mechanism of the cerebral complications of preeclampsia. Advancing comprehension of these underlying mechanisms is postulated to play a pivotal role in the mitigation of hypertensive encephalopathy associated with preeclampsia.
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Research Square Platform LLC
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