The importance of brain temperature in patients after severe head injury: Relationship to intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, cerebral blood flow, and outcome
The importance of brain temperature in patients after severe head injury: Relationship to intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, cerebral blood flow, and outcome
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DOI:
10.1089/089771502753754046
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发表时间:
2002-05-01
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4.2
通讯作者:
Bullock, R
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Soukup, J;Zauner, A;Bullock, R
Brain temperature was continuously measured in 58 patients after severe head injury and compared to rectal temperature, intracranial pressure, cerebral blood flow, and outcome after 3 months. The temperature difference between brain and rectal temperature was also calculated. Mild hypothermia (34-36degreesC) was also used to treat uncontrollable intracranial pressure (ICP) above 20 mm Hg when other methods failed. Brain and rectal temperature were strongly correlated (r = 0.866; p < 0.001). Four groups were identified. The mean brain temperature ranged from 36.9 +/- 0.4degreesC in the normothermic group to 38.2 +/- 0.5degreesC in the hyperthermic group, 35.3 +/- 0.5degreesC in the mild therapeutic hypothermia group, and 34.3 +/- 1.5degreesC in the hypothermia group without active cooling. The mean DeltaT(br-rect) was positive for patients with a T-br above 36.0degreesC (0.0 +/- 0.5degreesC) and negative for patients during mild therapeutic hypothermia (-0.2 +/- 0.6degreesC) and also in those with a brain temperature below 36degreesC without active cooling (0.8 +/- -1.4degreesC)-the spontaneous hypothermic group. The cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) was increased significantly by active cooling compared to the normothermic and hyperthermic groups. The mean cerebral blood flow (CBF) in patients with a brain temperature between 36.0degreesC and 37.5degreesC was 37.8 +/- 14.0 mL/100 g/min. The lowest CBF was measured in patients with a brain temperature