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JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 202-211Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000103022.98348.24
Keywords
trauma; head injury; positron emission tomography; cerebral ischemia; traumatic penumbra
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- MRC [G0001237, G9439390] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G9439390, G0001237] Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [G9439390, G0001237] Funding Source: researchfish
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Antemortem demonstration of ischemia has proved elusive in head injury because regional CBF reductions may represent hypoperfusion appropriately coupled to hypometabolism. Fifteen patients underwent positron emission tomography within 24 hours of head injury to map cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral oxygen metabolism (CMRO2), and oxygen extraction fraction (OEF). We estimated the volume of ischemic brain (IBV) and used the standard deviation of the OFF distribution to estimate the efficiency of coupling between CBF and CMRO2. The lBV in patients was significantly higher than controls (67 +/- 69 vs. 2 +/- 3 mL; P < 0.01). The coexistence of relative ischemia and hyperemia in some patients implies mismatching of perfusion to oxygen use. Whereas the saturation of jugular bulb blood (SjO(2)) correlated with the lBV (r = 0.8, P < 0.01), SjO(2) values of 50% were only achieved at an IBV of 170 +/- 63 mL (mean +/-95% CI), which equates to 13 +/- 5% of the brain. Increases in IBV correlated with a poor Glasgow Outcome Score 6 months after injury (rho = -0.6, P < 0.05). These results suggest significant ischemia within the first day after head injury. The ischemic burden represented by this traumatic penumbra is poorly detected by bedside clinical monitors and has significant associations with outcome.
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