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Messina A, Villa F, Lionetti G, Galarza L, Meyfroidt G, van der Jagt M, Monnet X, Pelosi P, Cecconi M, Robba C. Hemodynamic management of acute brain injury caused by cerebrovascular diseases: a survey of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med Exp 2022; 10:42. [PMID: 36273067 PMCID: PMC9588138 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-022-00463-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The optimal hemodynamic targets and management of patients with acute brain injury are not completely elucidated, but recent evidence points to important impact on clinical outcomes. We performed an international survey with the aim to investigate the practice in the hemodynamic targets, monitoring, and management of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). METHODS This survey was endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM). An electronic questionnaire of 76 questions divided in 4 sections (general information, AIS, ICH, SAH specific questions) was available between January 2022 to March 2022 on the ESICM website. RESULTS One hundred fifty-four healthcare professionals from 36 different countries and at least 98 different institutions answered the survey. Routine echocardiography is routinely performed in 37% of responders in AIS, 34% in ICH and 38% in SAH. Cardiac output monitoring is used in less than 20% of cases by most of the responders. Cardiovascular complications are the main reason for using advanced hemodynamic monitoring, and norepinephrine is the most common drug used to increase arterial blood pressure. Most responders target fluid balance to neutral (62% in AIS, 59% in ICH,44% in SAH), and normal saline is the most common fluid used. Large variability was observed regarding the blood pressure targets. CONCLUSIONS Hemodynamic management and treatment in patients with acute brain injury from cerebrovascular diseases vary largely in clinical practice. Further research is required to provide clear guidelines to physicians for the hemodynamic optimization of this group of patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonio Messina
- grid.452490.eDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital – IRCCS, Humanitas University, via Alessandro Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan Italy ,grid.452490.eDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan Italy
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- grid.452490.eDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital – IRCCS, Humanitas University, via Alessandro Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan Italy
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- grid.452490.eDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan Italy
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- grid.470634.2Department of Intensive Care, Hospital General Universitario de Castellon, Castellon de la Plana, Spain
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- grid.410569.f0000 0004 0626 3338Department and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Intensive Care Adults and Erasmus MC Stroke Center, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.413784.d0000 0001 2181 7253Paris-Saclay University, AP-HP, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Bicêtre Hospital, DMU CORREVE, Inserm UMR S_999, FHU SEPSIS, CARMAS Research Team, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy ,grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.452490.eDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital – IRCCS, Humanitas University, via Alessandro Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan Italy ,grid.452490.eDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan Italy
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy ,grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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The Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Effect of Inotropes/Vasopressors Administered to Treat Intraoperative Hypotension: A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2021; 35:31-40. [PMID: 34116546 PMCID: PMC9142214 DOI: 10.1097/ana.0000000000000783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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One of the main concerns of intraoperative hypotension is adequacy of cerebral perfusion, as cerebral blood flow decreases passively when mean arterial pressure falls below the lower limit of cerebral autoregulation. Treatment of intraoperative hypotension includes administration of drugs, such as inotropes and vasopressors, which have different pharmacological effects on cerebral hemodynamics; there is no consensus on the preferred drug to use. We performed a network meta-analysis (NMA) to pool and analyze data comparing the effect on cerebral oxygen saturation (ScO 2 ) measured by cerebral oximetry of various inotropes/vasopressors used to treat intraoperative hypotension. We searched randomized control trials in Embase, Ovid Medline, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science. We included studies that enrolled adult patients undergoing surgery under general/spinal anesthesia that compared at least 2 inotropes/vasopressors to treat hypotension. We reviewed 51 full-text manuscripts and included 9 randomized controlled trials in our study. The primary outcome was change in ScO 2 . Our results showed the likelihood that dopamine, ephedrine, and norepinephrine had the lowest probability of decreasing ScO 2 . The suggested rank order to maintain ScO 2 , from higher to lower, was dopamine <ephedrine <norepinephrine <phenylephrine. Drugs in the lower rank order, like phenylephrine, produce higher reductions in ScO 2 . Compared with dopamine, the mean difference (95% credible interval) of ScO 2 reduction was: ephedrine -3.19 (-15.74, 8.82), norepinephrine -4.44 (-18.23, 9.63) and phenylephrine -6.93 (-18.31, 4.47). The results of our NMA suggest that dopamine and ephedrine are more likely to preserve ScO 2 , followed by norepinephrine. Compared with the other inotropes/vasopressors, phenylephrine decreased ScO 2 . Because of the inherent imprecision of direct/indirect comparisons, the rank orders are possibilities, not absolute ranks. Therefore the results of this NMA should be interpreted with caution.
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Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow: A Systematic Review of Cardio-Cerebral Coupling. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2021; 34:352-363. [PMID: 33782372 DOI: 10.1097/ana.0000000000000768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Control of cerebral blood flow (CBF) is crucial to the management of neurocritically ill patients. Small studies which have examined the role of cardiac output (CO) as a determinant of CBF have inconsistently demonstrated evidence of cardio-cerebral coupling. Putative physiological mechanisms underpinning such coupling include changes in arterial blood pressure pulsatility, which would produce vasodilation through increased oscillatory wall-shear-stress and baroreceptor mediated reflex sympatholysis, and changes in venous backpressure which may improve cerebral perfusion pressure. We sought to summarize and contextualize the literature on the relationship between CO and CBF and discuss the implications of cardio-cerebral coupling for neurocritical care. A systematic review of the literature yielded 41 studies; all were of low-quality and at high-risk of bias. Results were heterogenous, with evidence for both corroboration and confutation of a relationship between CO and CBF in both normal and abnormal cerebrovascular states. Common limitations of studies were lack of instantaneous CBF measures with reliance on transcranial Doppler-derived blood flow velocity as a surrogate, inability to control for fluctuations in established determinants of CBF (eg, PaCO2), and direct effects on CBF by the interventions used to alter CO. Currently, the literature is insufficiently robust to confirm an independent relationship between CO and CBF. Hypothetically, the presence of cardio-cerebral coupling would have important implications for clinical practice. Manipulation of CBF could occur without the risks associated with extremes of arterial pressure, potentially improving therapy for those with cerebral ischemia of various etiologies. However, current literature is insufficiently robust to confirm an independent relationship between CO and CBF, and further studies with improved methodology are required before therapeutic interventions can be based on cardio-cerebral coupling.
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Algahtani R, Merenda A. Multimorbidity and Critical Care Neurosurgery: Minimizing Major Perioperative Cardiopulmonary Complications. Neurocrit Care 2020; 34:1047-1061. [PMID: 32794145 PMCID: PMC7426068 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01072-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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With increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, multimorbid patients have become commonplace in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (neuro-ICU), offering unique management challenges. By reducing physiological reserve and interacting with one another, chronic comorbidities pose a greatly enhanced risk of major postoperative medical complications, especially cardiopulmonary complications, which ultimately exert a negative impact on neurosurgical outcomes. These premises underscore the importance of perioperative optimization, in turn requiring a thorough preoperative risk stratification, a basic understanding of a multimorbid patient’s deranged physiology and a proper appreciation of the potential of surgery, anesthesia and neurocritical care interventions to exacerbate comorbid pathophysiologies. This knowledge enables neurosurgeons, neuroanesthesiologists and neurointensivists to function with a heightened level of vigilance in the care of these high-risk patients and can inform the perioperative neuro-ICU management with individualized strategies able to minimize the risk of untoward outcomes. This review highlights potential pitfalls in the intra- and postoperative neuro-ICU period, describes common preoperative risk stratification tools and discusses tailored perioperative ICU management strategies in multimorbid neurosurgical patients, with a special focus on approaches geared toward the minimization of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications and unplanned reintubation.
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- Rami Algahtani
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Health System, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Health System, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA. .,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami Health System, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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