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Title
Cerebral perfusion pressure variability between patients and between centres
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Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this analysis was to investigate to what extent median cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) differs between severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and between centres, and whether the 2007 change in CPP threshold in the Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines is reflected in patient data collected at several centres over different time periods. Methods: Data were collected from the Brain-IT database, a multi-centre project between 2003 and 2005, and from a recent project in four centres between 2009 and 2013. For patients nursed with their head up at 30 degrees and with the blood pressure transducer at atrium level, CPP was corrected by 10 mmHg. Median CPP, interquartile ranges and total CPP ranges over the monitoring time were calculated per patient and per centre. Results: Per-centre medians pre-2007 were situated between 50 and 70 mmHg in 6 out of 16 centres, while 10 centres had medians above 70 mmHg and 4 above 80 mmHg. Post-2007, three out of four centres had medians between 60 and 70 mmHg and one above 80 mmHg. One out of two centres with data pre- and post-2007 shifted from a median CPP of 76 mmHg to 60 mmHg, while the other remained at 68-67 mmHg. Conclusions: CPP data are characterised by a high inter-individual variability, but the data also suggest differences in CPP policies between centres. The 2007 guideline change may have affected policies towards lower CPP in some centres. Deviations from the guidelines occur in the direction of CPP > 70 mmHg.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Acta neurochirurgica: supplementum. - Wien
Source (book)
16th International Conference on Intracranial Pressure and, Neuromonitoring (ICP), JUN 28-JUL 02, 2016, Cambridge, MA
Publication
Cham : Springer international publishing ag , 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-65798-1
978-3-319-65797-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-65798-1_1
Volume/pages
126 (2018) , p. 3-6
ISI
000505806100001
Pubmed ID
29492521
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