VASOPARALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN-DAMAGE IN ASPHYXIATED TERM INFANTS
VASOPARALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN-DAMAGE IN ASPHYXIATED TERM INFANTS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(05)72459-8
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发表时间:
1990-07-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
FRIISHANSEN, B
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作者:
PRYDS, O;GREISEN, G;FRIISHANSEN, B
The relationship of cerebral blood flow to acute changes in arterial carbon dioxide and mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) was determined during the first day of life in 19 severely asphyxiated term infants supported by mechanical ventilation. For comparison, 12 infants without perinatal asphyxia were also investigated. Global cerebral blood flow (CBF.infin.) was determined by xenon 133 clearance two or three times within approximately 2 hours. During the cerebral blood flow measurement, the amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram and visual-evoked potential were recorded. Changes in arterial carbon dioxide pressure followed adjustments of the ventilator settings, whereas MABP fluctuated spontaneously. Arterial oxygen pressure and blood glucose concentration were in the normal range. Five of the asphyxiated infants had isoelectric electroencephalograms and died subsequently with severe brain damage. They had a high CBF.infin. (mean 30.6 ml/100 g/min) and abolished carbon dioxide and MABP reactivity. Lower CBF.infin. (mean 14.7 ml/100 gm/min) and abolished MABP reactivity were found in another five asphyxiated infants with burst-suppression electroencephalograms in whom computed tomographic or clinical signs of brain lesions developed. The carbon dioxide reactivity as preserved in these infants. In the remaining nine asphyxiated infants without signs of central nervous system abnormality, carbon dioxide and MABP reactivity were preserved, as was also the case in the control group. We conclude that abolished autoregulation is associated with cerebral damage in asphyxiated infants and that the combination of isoelectric electroencephalograms and cerebral hyperfusions is an early indicator of very severe brain damage.