Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism in Intensive Care

Abstract

Physiology and Pathophysiology of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism.- Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow - A Brief Review.- Relationship of Cerebral Blood Flow Disturbances with Brain Oedema Formation.- Measurement of Vascular Reactivity in Head Injured Patients.- Intermittent Measurements of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism in Intensive Care.- Measurements of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism in Severe Head Injury Using the Kety-Schmidt-Technique.- Xenon 133 - CBF Measurements in Severe Head Injury and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage.- Evaluation of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Acute Head Injury by Stable Xenon-Enhanced Computerized Tomography.- Continuous Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism in Intensive Care.- Thermodiffusion.- Cerebral Blood Flow (CBF) Monitoring in Intensive Care by Thermal Diffusion.- Monitoring of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow (CBF) in Acute Head Injury by Thermal Diffusion.- Tissue pO2.- Monitoring Cerebral Oxygenation: Experimental Studies and Preliminary Clinical Results of Continuous Monitoring of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension.- Studies of Tissue PO2 in Normal and Pathological Human Brain Cortex.- Laser-Doppler Flowmetry.- Applicability of Laser-Doppler Flowmetry for Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring in Neurological Intensive Care.- Assessment of Cerebral Haemodynamics in Comatose Patients by Laser-Doppler Flowmetry - Preliminary Observations.- Near Infrared Spectroscopy.- Measurement of Adult Cerebral Haemodynamics Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy.- Transcranial Doppler Sonography.- Transcranial Doppler-Sonography in Severe Head Injury.- Jugular-Venous Oximetry.- Cerebral Oxygenation. Monitoring and Management.- Technical Considerations in Continuous Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation Measurement.- Desaturation Episodes after Severe Head Injury: Influence on Outcome.- Monitoring of Jugular Oxygen Saturation in Comatose Patients with Subarachnoid Haemorrhage and Intracerebral Haematomas.- Influence of Body Position on Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation, Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure.- Continuous Monitoring of Jugular Bulb Oxygen Saturation and the Effect of Drugs Acting on Cerebral Metabolism.- Consequences for Clinical Management.- Early and Late Systemic Hypotension as a Frequent and Fundamental Source of Cerebral Ischemia Following Severe Brain Injury in the Traumatic Coma Data Bank.