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Gregson RA, Shaw M, Piper I, Clutton RE. Transcranial bioimpedance measurement in horses: a pilot study. Vet Anaesth Analg 2019; 46:620-626. [PMID: 31296379 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaa.2019.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This pilot study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of transcranial bioimpedance (TCBI) measurement and variability of TCBI values in healthy conscious horses and to study effects of body position and time on TCBI in anaesthetized horses. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, observational study. ANIMALS A total of four research horses and 16 client-owned horses presented for surgery. METHODS After establishing optimal electrode position using computed tomography scans of cadaver heads, TCBI [described using impedance at zero frequency, R0, (Ω)] was measured in four conscious, resting horses to investigate the feasibility and changes in TCBI over time (80 minutes). Data were compared using a paired t test. TCBI was then measured throughout anaesthesia (duration 92 ± 28 minutes) in 16 horses in dorsal and lateral recumbency. Data were analysed using a general linear model; gamma regression was chosen as a model of characteristic impedance [Zc; (Ω)] against time. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. RESULTS No change in R0 was seen in conscious horses (age = 15.3 ± 7.3 years, body mass = 512 ± 38 kg) over 80 minutes. The technique was well tolerated and caused no apparent adverse effects. In 16 horses (age = 7.4 ± 4.7 years; body mass = 479 ± 134 kg) anaesthetized for 92 ± 28 minutes, Zc fell during anaesthesia, decreasing more in horses in lateral recumbency than in horses in dorsal recumbency (p = 0.008). There was no relationship between Zc and body mass or age. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE TCBI is readily measured in horses. TCBI did not change with time in conscious horses, but decreased with time in anaesthetized horses; this change was greater in horses in lateral recumbency, indicating that TCBI changes in anaesthetized horses may be related to the effects of recumbency, general anaesthesia, surgery or a combination of these factors.
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- Rachael A Gregson
- The Wellcome Trust Critical Care Laboratory for Large Animals, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Physics, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Clinical Physics, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Critical Care Laboratory for Large Animals, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK
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Hawthorne C, Shaw M, Piper I, Moss L, Kinsella J. Transcranial Bioimpedance Measurement as a Non-invasive Estimate of Intracranial Pressure. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2018; 126:89-92. [PMID: 29492539 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65798-1_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We have previously demonstrated a relationship between transcranial bioimpedance (TCB) measurements and intracranial pressure (ICP) in an animal model of raised ICP. The primary objective of this study was to explore the relationship between non-invasive bioelectrical impedance measurements of the brain and skull and ICP in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Included patients were adults admitted to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit with TBI and undergoing invasive ICP monitoring as part of their routine clinical care. Multi-frequency TCB measurements were performed hourly through bi-temporal electrodes. The bioimpedance parameters of Z c (impedance at the characteristic frequency) and R 0 (resistance to a direct current) were then modelled against ICP using unadjusted and adjusted linear models. RESULTS One hundred and sixty-eight TCB measurements were available from ten study participants. Using an unadjusted linear modelling approach, there was no significant relationship between measured ICP and Zc or R0. The most significant relationship between ICP and TCB parameters was found by adjusting for multiple patient specific variables and using Zc and R0 normalised per patient (p < 0.0001, r 2 = 0.32). CONCLUSIONS These pilot results confirm some degree of relationship between TCB parameters and invasively measured ICP. The magnitude of this relationship is small and, on the basis of the current study, TCB is unlikely to provide a clinically useful estimate of ICP in patients admitted with TBI.
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- Christopher Hawthorne
- Department of Neuroanaesthesia, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.,Academic Unit of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.,Academic Unit of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Academic Unit of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Tiba MH, McCracken BM, Ansari S, Belle A, Cummings BC, Rajajee V, Patil PG, Alam HB, Ward KR. Novel Noninvasive Method of Cerebrovascular Blood Volume Assessment Using Brain Bioimpedance. J Neurotrauma 2017; 34:3089-3096. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2017.5090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Mohamad H. Tiba
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Krakauskaite S, Petkus V, Bartusis L, Zakelis R, Chomskis R, Preiksaitis A, Ragauskas A, Matijosaitis V, Petrikonis K, Rastenyte D. Accuracy, Precision, Sensitivity, and Specificity of Noninvasive ICP Absolute Value Measurements. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2016; 122:317-21. [PMID: 27165929 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22533-3_63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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An innovative absolute intracranial pressure (ICP) value measurement method has been validated by multicenter comparative clinical studies. The method is based on two-depth transcranial Doppler (TCD) technology and uses intracranial and extracranial segments of the ophthalmic artery as pressure sensors. The ophthalmic artery is used as a natural pair of "scales" that compares ICP with controlled pressure Pe, which is externally applied to the orbit. To balance the scales, ICP = Pe a special two-depth TCD device was used as a pressure balance indicator. The proposed method is the only noninvasive ICP measurement method that does not need patient-specific calibration.
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- Solventa Krakauskaite
- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Faculty of Medicine, Clinic of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.,Department of Neurology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
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- Department of Neurology, Kaunas Clinics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurology, Kaunas Clinics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurology, Kaunas Clinics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Wu J, He W, Chen WM, Zhu L. Research on simulation and experiment of noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring based on acoustoelasticity effects. MEDICAL DEVICES-EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH 2013; 6:123-31. [PMID: 24009433 PMCID: PMC3758219 DOI: 10.2147/mder.s47725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The real-time monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) is very important for craniocerebrally critically ill patients, but it is very difficult to realize long-time monitoring for the traditional invasive method, which very easily infects patients. Many noninvasive methods have emerged, but these have not been able to monitor ICP for long periods in real time, and they are not ready for clinical application. In order to realize long-time, online, real-time, noninvasive monitoring for ICP, a new method based on acoustoelasticity of ultrasound is herein proposed. Experimental models were devised to research the new method for experiment and simulation. Polymethyl methacrylate and hydrogel were adopted for the experiment, and their mechanical properties were very close to the real brain. A numerical solution for acoustoelasticity theory was acquired by simulating calculation based on a finite-element method. This was compared to the experimental value. The results showed a consistent match between theoretical solution and experimental value, with maximum error at most 5%. Thus, the effectiveness of the new method was verified. Theoretical and practical foundation is provided for this new method, and it could be used for animal experimentation or clinical testing in further research.
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- Jun Wu
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems, Chongqing University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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