Journal
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 791-797Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2155-7
Keywords
norepinephrine; dopamine; brain tissue oxygen; cerebral microdialysis; head injury; cerebral oxygenation
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- MRC [G9439390] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G9439390] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G9439390] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective. To compare the effects of a cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) intervention achieved with dopamine and norepinephrine after severe head injury. Design. Prospective, controlled, trial. Setting. Neurosciences critical care unit. Patients. Eleven patients with a head injury, requiring dopamine or norepinephrine infusions to support CPP. Intervention. Cerebral tissue gas measurements were recorded using a multimodal sensor, and regional chemistry was assessed using microdialysis. Patients received in, randomised order, either dopamine or norepinephrine to achieve and maintain a CPP of 65 mmHg, and then, following a 30-min period of stable haemodynamics, a CPP of 85 mmHg. Data were then acquired using the second agent. Haemodynamic measurements and measurements of cerebral physiology were made during each period. Measurements and results. The CPP augmentation with norepinephrine, but not with dopamine, resulted in a significant reduction in arterial-venous oxygen difference (37+/-11 vs 33+/-12 ml/l) and a significant increase in brain tissue oxygen (2.6+/-1.1 vs 3.0+/-1.1 kPa). The CPP intervention did not significantly affect intracranial pressure. There were no significant differences between norepinephrine and dopamine on cerebral oxygenation or metabolism either at baseline or following a CPP intervention; however, the response to a CPP intervention with dopamine seemed to be more variable than the response achieved with norepinephrine. Conclusions. If CPP is to be raised to a level higher than 65-70 mmHg, then it is important to recognise that the response to the intervention may be unpredictable and that the vasoactive agent used may be of importance.
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