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Lapergola G, Graziosi A, D'Adamo E, Brindisino P, Ferrari M, Romanelli A, Strozzi M, Libener R, Gavilanes DAW, Maconi A, Satriano A, Varrica A, Gazzolo D. S100B in cardiac surgery brain monitoring: friend or foe? Clin Chem Lab Med 2022; 60:317-331. [PMID: 35001583 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2021-1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recent advances in perioperative management of adult and pediatric patients requiring open heart surgery (OHS) and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for cardiac and/or congenital heart diseases repair allowed a significant reduction in the mortality rate. Conversely morbidity rate pattern has a flat trend. Perioperative period is crucial since OHS and CPB are widely accepted as a deliberate hypoxic-ischemic reperfusion damage representing the cost to pay at a time when standard of care monitoring procedures can be silent or unavailable. In this respect, the measurement of neuro-biomarkers (NB), able to detect at early stage perioperative brain damage could be especially useful. In the last decade, among a series of NB, S100B protein has been investigated. After the first promising results, supporting the usefulness of the protein as predictor of short/long term adverse neurological outcome, the protein has been progressively abandoned due to a series of limitations. In the present review we offer an up-dated overview of the main S100B pros and cons in the peri-operative monitoring of adult and pediatric patients.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, ASO SS Antonio, Biagio and C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, ASO SS Antonio, Biagio and C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, ASO SS Antonio, Biagio and C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS San Donato Milanese Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS San Donato Milanese Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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Maillard J, Sologashvili T, Diaper J, Licker MJ, Keli Barcelos G. A Case of Persistence of Normal Tissue Oxygenation Monitored by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Values Despite Prolonged Perioperative Cardiac Arrest. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS 2019; 20:21-25. [PMID: 30610182 PMCID: PMC6330994 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.911399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patient: Male, 65 Final Diagnosis: Aortic dissection Symptoms: Hemiplegia • hypotension Medication:— Clinical Procedure: Emergent surgery Specialty: Surgery
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- Julien Maillard
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Division Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Yu Y, Zhang K, Zhang L, Zong H, Meng L, Han R. Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for perioperative monitoring of brain oxygenation in children and adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018; 1:CD010947. [PMID: 29341066 PMCID: PMC6491319 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd010947.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Various techniques have been employed for the early detection of perioperative cerebral ischaemia and hypoxia. Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is increasingly used in this clinical scenario to monitor brain oxygenation. However, it is unknown whether perioperative cerebral NIRS monitoring and the subsequent treatment strategies are of benefit to patients. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of perioperative cerebral NIRS monitoring and corresponding treatment strategies in adults and children, compared with blinded or no cerebral oxygenation monitoring, or cerebral oxygenation monitoring based on non-NIRS technologies, on the detection of cerebral oxygen desaturation events (CDEs), neurological outcomes, non-neurological outcomes and socioeconomic impact (including cost of hospitalization and length of hospital stay). SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL 2016, Issue 12), Embase (1974 to 20 December 2016) and MEDLINE (PubMed) (1975 to 20 December 2016). We also searched the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform for ongoing studies on 20 December 2016. We updated this search in November 2017, but these results have not yet been incorporated in the review. We imposed no language restriction. SELECTION CRITERIA We included all relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) dealing with the use of cerebral NIRS in the perioperative setting (during the operation and within 72 hours after the operation), including the operating room, the postanaesthesia care unit and the intensive care unit. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently selected studies, assessed risk of bias and extracted data. For binary outcomes, we calculated the risk ratio (RR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI). For continuous data, we estimated the mean difference (MD) between groups and its 95% CI. As we expected clinical and methodological heterogeneity between studies, we employed a random-effects model for analyses and we examined the data for heterogeneity (I2 statistic). We created a 'Summary of findings' table using GRADEpro. MAIN RESULTS We included 15 studies in the review, comprising a total of 1822 adult participants. There are 12 studies awaiting classification, and eight ongoing studies.None of the 15 included studies considered the paediatric population. Four studies were conducted in the abdominal and orthopaedic surgery setting (lumbar spine, or knee and hip replacement), one study in the carotid endarterectomy setting, and the remaining 10 studies in the aortic or cardiac surgery setting. The main sources of bias in the included studies related to potential conflict of interest from industry sponsorship, unclear blinding status or missing participant data.Two studies with 312 participants considered postoperative neurological injury, however no pooled effect estimate could be calculated due to discordant direction of effect between studies (low-quality evidence). One study (N = 126) in participants undergoing major abdominal surgery reported that 4/66 participants experienced neurological injury with blinded monitoring versus 0/56 in the active monitoring group. A second study (N = 195) in participants having coronary artery bypass surgery reported that 1/96 participants experienced neurological injury in the blinded monitoring group compared with 4/94 participants in the active monitoring group.We are uncertain whether active cerebral NIRS monitoring has an important effect on the risk of postoperative stroke because of the low number of events and wide confidence interval (RR 0.25, 95% CI 0.03 to 2.20; 2 studies, 240 participants; low-quality evidence).We are uncertain whether active cerebral NIRS monitoring has an important effect on postoperative delirium because of the wide confidence interval (RR 0.63, 95% CI 0.27 to 1.45; 1 study, 190 participants; low-quality evidence).Two studies with 126 participants showed that active cerebral NIRS monitoring may reduce the incidence of mild postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) as defined by the original studies at one week after surgery (RR 0.53, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.95, I2 = 49%, low-quality evidence).Based on six studies with 962 participants, there was moderate-quality evidence that active cerebral oxygenation monitoring probably does not decrease the occurrence of POCD (decline in cognitive function) at one week after surgery (RR 0.62, 95% CI 0.37 to 1.04, I2 = 80%). The different type of monitoring equipment in one study could potentially be the cause of the heterogeneity.We are uncertain whether active cerebral NIRS monitoring has an important effect on intraoperative mortality or postoperative mortality because of the low number of events and wide confidence interval (RR 0.63, 95% CI 0.08 to 5.03, I2= 0%; 3 studies, 390 participants; low-quality evidence). There was no evidence to determine whether routine use of NIRS-based cerebral oxygenation monitoring causes adverse effects. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS The effects of perioperative active cerebral NIRS monitoring of brain oxygenation in adults for reducing the occurrence of short-term, mild POCD are uncertain due to the low quality of the evidence. There is uncertainty as to whether active cerebral NIRS monitoring has an important effect on postoperative stroke, delirium or death because of the low number of events and wide confidence intervals. The conclusions of this review may change when the eight ongoing studies are published and the 12 studies awaiting assessment are classified. More RCTs performed in the paediatric population and high-risk patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (e.g. neurosurgery, carotid endarterectomy and other surgery) are needed.
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- Yun Yu
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityDepartment of AnesthesiologyNo.6 Tiantan XiliBeijingChina100050
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityDepartment of AnesthesiologyNo.6 Tiantan XiliBeijingChina100050
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical UniversityDepartment of Epidemiology and Health StatisticsNo. 129 Mail Box, No. 10 Xitoutiao, YouanmenwaiBeijingChina100069
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityDepartment of UrologyNo.6 Tiantan XiliBeijingChina100050
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- Yale University School of MedicineDepartment of AnesthesiologyNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityDepartment of AnesthesiologyNo.6 Tiantan XiliBeijingChina100050
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Changes of Cerebral Oxygenation in Sequential Glenn and Fontan Procedures in the Same Children. Pediatr Cardiol 2017; 38:1215-1219. [PMID: 28589407 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-017-1647-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Recently, it is common to perform the Fontan procedure after the Glenn procedure as surgical repair for the univentricular heart. How the brain oxygen saturation (rSO2) values change with the cardiac restoration and the process of growth during these procedures in individual children remains unknown. In this study, we retrospectively studied rSO2 data as well as the perioperative clinical records of 30 children who underwent both Glenn and Fontan procedures by the same surgeon in the same institute. The rSO2 was measured at the beginning and end of each procedure with an INVOS 5100C. Cerebral perfusion pressure was calculated by subtracting central venous pressure from mean arterial pressure. Arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) and the hemoglobin concentration were obtained as candidates affecting rSO2 changes at the start and the end of both procedures. The rSO2 increased during the Glenn procedure, but this increase was slight and insignificant. On the other hand, the rSO2 significantly increased during the Fontan procedure. Significant increases in SaO2 were observed only between the beginning and end of the Fontan procedure. Correlation coefficients determined by linear regression analysis were more than 0.5 between rSO2 and SaO2 in both procedures. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that SaO2 was the key determinant of the rSO2. The rSO2 increases step by step from the Glenn to the Fontan procedure in the same patient. Within each procedure, SaO2 is the key determinant of the rSO2. The significance of rSO2 monitoring in these procedures should be further evaluated.
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Williams GD, Ramamoorthy C. Brain Monitoring and Protection During Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2016; 11:23-33. [PMID: 17484171 DOI: 10.1177/1089253206297412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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With advances in medical care, survival after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease has dramatically improved, and attention is increasingly focused on longterm functional morbidities, especially neurodevelopmental outcomes, with their profound consequences to patients and society. There are multiple reasons for concern about brain injury. Some cardiac defects are associated with brain anomalies and altered cerebral blood flow regulation. Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that injury to gray and white matter is quite frequent before heart surgery in neonates. Cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest are associated with shortand longer-term adverse neurologic outcome. Additional brain injury can occur during the patient's recovery from surgery. Strategies to optimize neurologic outcome continue to evolve. With new technological developments, perioperative neurologic monitoring of small children has become easier, and data suggest these modalities usefully identify adverse neurologic events and might predict outcome. Monitoring methods to be discussed include processed electroencephalography, near infrared spectroscopy, and transcranial Doppler ultrasound. Alternative perfusion techniques to deep hypothermic circulatory arrest have been developed, such as regional antegrade cerebral perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass. Other neuroprotective strategies employed during open-heart surgery include temperature regulation, acid-base management, degree of hemodilution, blood glucose control and anti-inflammatory therapies. Evidence of the impact of these measures on neurologic outcome is examined, and deficiencies in our current understanding of neurologic function in children with congenital heart disease are identified.
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- Glyn D Williams
- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical School, California 94305, USA.
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Yu Y, Zhang K, Zhang L, Zong H, Meng L, Han R. Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for perioperative monitoring of brain oxygenation in children and adults. Hippokratia 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd010947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yun Yu
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University; Department of Anesthesiology; No.6 Tiantan Xili Beijing China 100050
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University; Department of Anesthesiology; No.6 Tiantan Xili Beijing China 100050
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; No. 129 Mail Box, No. 10 Xitoutiao, Youanmenwai Beijing China 100069
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University; Department of Urology; No.6 Tiantan Xili Beijing China 100050
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- University of California San Francisco; Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care; 521 Parnassus Avenue, Room C-450 San Francisco California USA 94143
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University; Department of Anesthesiology; No.6 Tiantan Xili Beijing China 100050
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Menke J, Möller G. Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy correlates to vital parameters during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in children. Pediatr Cardiol 2014; 35:155-63. [PMID: 23852460 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-013-0754-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) can monitor changes in cerebral regional oxygen saturation (rSO2) and tissue hemoglobin content (HbT). The relation between cerebral NIRS readings and vital parameters has not been analyzed before at a fine temporal scale. This study analyzed this relation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery in 10 children (0-9 years, 1,770 min of data records) by using a novel random-coefficient model. The analysis indicated that a small number of patients is sufficient for obtaining significant results with this model. Changes of vital parameters explained 84.7 % of rSO2 changes and 90.7 % of HbT changes. Cerebral rSO2 correlated positively with perfusion pressure and inversely with body temperature (P < 0.05). Cerebral HbT correlated positively with perfusion pressure, central venous pressure, and temperature and inversely with arterial oxygen saturation (P < 0.05). During hypothermic circulatory arrest, the half-life of the exponential rSO2 decay correlated to the rSO2 reserve (P = 0.016). In conclusion, NIRS readings of cerebral hemoglobin content and tissue oxygen saturation correlate well to vital parameters during CPB surgery in children. NIRS may therefore become a monitoring device for the neuroprotective optimization of those vital parameters.
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- Jan Menke
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Goettingen, Germany,
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Near-infrared spectroscopy: What we know and what we need to know—A systematic review of the congenital heart disease literature. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 137:154-9, 159e1-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2008] [Revised: 05/05/2008] [Accepted: 08/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neurological complications during critical illness remain a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality. To date, monitors of cerebral function including electroencephalography, jugular bulb mixed venous oxygen saturation and transcranial Doppler, either require an invasive procedure and/or are not sensitive enough to effectively identify patients at risk for cerebral hypoxia. Near-infrared spectroscopy is a noninvasive device that uses infrared light, a technique similar to pulse oximetry, to penetrate living tissue and estimate brain tissue oxygenation by measuring the absorption of infrared light by tissue chromophores. The following article reviews the latest technology available to monitor cerebral oxygenation, near-infrared spectroscopy, its advantages and disadvantages, the currently available evidence-based medicine that demonstrates that this technology can identify deficits in cerebral oxygenation, and that monitoring such deficits allows for therapy to reverse cerebral oxygenation issues and thereby prevent long-term neurological sequelae.
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- Joseph D Tobias
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
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The incidence of neurological complications after pediatric cardiac surgery ranges from 2% to 25%. The causes are multifactorial and include preoperative brain malformations, perioperative hypoxemia and low cardiac output states, sequelae of cardiopulmonary bypass, and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Neurological monitoring devices are readily available and the anesthesiologist can now monitor the brain during pediatric cardiac surgery. In this review we discuss near-infrared cerebral oximetry, transcranial Doppler ultrasound, and electroencephalographic monitors for use during congenital heart surgery. After review of the basic principles of each monitoring modality, we discuss their uses during pediatric heart surgery. We present evidence that multimodal neurological monitoring in conjunction with a treatment algorithm may improve neurological outcome for patients undergoing congenital heart surgery and present one such algorithm.
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- Dean B Andropoulos
- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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Han SH, Kim CS, Kim SD, Bahk JH, Park YS. The effect of bloodless pump prime on cerebral oxygenation in paediatric patients. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48:648-52. [PMID: 15101864 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00374.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND In paediatric patients, crystalloid prime for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) causes further haemodilution in comparison with blood-containing prime. Thus it may affect the cerebral oxygen supply/demand balance. The purpose of the study was to compare the effect of bloodless pump prime with that of blood-containing prime on cerebral oxygenation in children. METHODS Thirty-six paediatric patients scheduled for elective repair of atrial or ventricular septal defect were enrolled. In Group C (n = 18), the CPB circuit was primed only with crystalloid. In Group B (n = 18), red blood cells were added to achieve a haematocrit (Hct) of 20% during CPB. The regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO(2)) value measured by near-infrared spectroscopy was compared between the two groups. RESULTS In both groups, rSO(2) decreased below baseline at the start of CPB and during rewarming (P < 0.001, for both groups during each period). At the start of CPB, haemodilution was greater in Group C than in Group B (Hct 16.1 +/- 0.7% vs. 20.7 +/- 0.5%; P < 0.01), and there was a greater reduction in rSO(2) in Group C (49.0 +/- 5.4% vs. 59.2 +/- 7.0%; P < 0.01). During rewarming, rSO(2) was significantly lower in Group C than in Group B (57.8 +/- 5.3% vs. 62.8 +/- 6.2%; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS In paediatric patients, the haemodilution associated with crystalloid priming causes a greater reduction in rSO(2) than with blood-containing prime at the starting period of CPB and the rewarming period.
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- S H Han
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Shaaban Ali M, Harmer M, Elliott M, Thomas AL, Kirkham F. A pilot study of evaluation of cerebral function by S100? protein and near-infrared spectroscopy during cold and warm cardiopulmonary bypass in infants and children undergoing open-heart surgery. Anaesthesia 2004; 59:20-6. [PMID: 14687094 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cerebral injury in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) remains a major source of morbidity. The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass temperature on cerebral function in terms of serum S100beta protein level and cerebral oxygenation monitored by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRO-300) in children is not known. In this study, 18 children undergoing open-heart surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in London were equally assigned by minimisation to warm (35 +/- 1 degrees C) or cold (25 +/- 1 degrees C) CPB. Changes in S100beta protein and cerebral oxygenation were studied in both groups. S100beta protein serum level increased significantly after CPB in both groups. There was no significant difference in serum S100beta protein concentrations between the two groups. However, cerebral oxygenation in terms of tissue oxygen index (TOI) was significantly impaired during rewarming from cold CPB. Five patients were desaturated (TOI < 50%) during rewarming in the cold bypass group compared to two in the warm patients. This study supports the use of warm CPB in children undergoing open-heart surgery, although further studies recruiting more patients are warranted.
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- M Shaaban Ali
- Lecturer of Anaesthesia, Department of Anaesthesia, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, BO Box 71111, Egypt.
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