• K Kinoshita, N Hayashi, A Sakurai, A Utagawa, and T Moriya.
• Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. kosaku@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
• Acta Neurochir. Suppl. 2003 Jan 1; 86: 377-80.

ObjectiveTranscranial Doppler sonography (TCD) provides a rapid and noninvasive assessment of cerebral hemodynamics after traumatic brain injury. This study evaluates the change of cerebrovascular response at the rewarming stage of brain hypothermia using TCD.Material And MethodsSeventeen patients who had suffered from closed brain injury were investigated with daily TCD recordings and the changes in flow velocities were evaluated to determine whether they reflected the temperature during brain hypothermia. All patients who had treated brain hypothermia underwent continuous monitoring of SjO2, mean arterial blood pressure, and intracranial pressure (ICP).ResultsNo significant changes in ICP and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) were recorded in all cases. Of 17 patients, 5 had a significant increase in SjO2 > 75% or more, retrospectively, with a robust increase in flow velocities of the middle cerebral artery (P < .01) at the rewarming stage. These cases marked a decrease in pulsatility index (P < .05) concomitant with an increase in SjO2 values. The CT scan revealed acute brain swelling in these cases.ConclusionThese data suggest cerebral vasoactivity could be altered at the rewarming stage. Hypothermia runs a risk of hyperemia at the rewarming stage, which induced a decrease in cerebral vasoresistance.

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