Author:
Nordström Carl-Henrik,Messeter Kenneth,Sundbärg Göran,Schalén Wilhelm,Werner Mats,Ryding Erik
Abstract
✓ Mean hemispheric cerebral blood flow (CBF) and intracranial pressure (ICP) were measured in 19 severely head-injured patients treated with barbiturate coma. The CBF was calculated from the clearance of tracer substance monitored by extracranial scintillation detectors after intravenous administration of xenon-133. In 11 of the patients cerebral arteriovenous oxygen differences were measured simultaneously. In all patients the effects of pronounced hyperventilation were recorded prior to initiation of barbiturate treatment. A normal CBF response to hyperventilation (ΔCBF/ΔPaCO2 ≥ 1) was obtained in eight patients. In these patients induction of barbiturate coma was accompanied by physiological decreases in CBF and in the calculated cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2); they also exhibited a rapid and lasting decrease in ICP. A decreased or an abolished CO2 reactivity was recorded (ΔCBF/ΔPaCO2 < 1) in 11 patients. In 10 of these 11 patients the physiological decreases in CBF and CMRO2 were not obtained during barbiturate treatment and the decrease in ICP was transitory. This study demonstrates a correlation between cerebral vasoreactivity, physiological effects of barbiturate therapy, and clinical outcome.
Publisher
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
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