Aspects of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Following Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Pickard, John D.; Nelson, R. J.; Lovick, A. H. J.; Coull, R. W. B.; Stanley, James C.; Read, D. H.; Herbetko, J.; Campbell, Moray J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-77102-6_23

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“…It has been described that cerebral autoregulation may become disturbed after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] which has been associated with development of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI). 1,2,[5][6][7][8][9] The transient hyperemic response test (THRT) is a transcranial Doppler (TCD) based method, which characterizes the changes in cerebral blood flow velocity (FV) after a brief compression of the common carotid artery.…”

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Cerebral Autoregulation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Comparison of Three Methods

Budohoski

Czosnyka

Smielewski

et al. 2012

J Cereb Blood Flow Metab

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In patients after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) failure of cerebral autoregulation is associated with delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI). Various methods of assessing autoregulation are available, but their predictive values remain unknown. We characterize the relationship between different indices of autoregulation. Patients with SAH within 5 days were included in a prospective study. The relationship between three indices of autoregulation was analyzed: two indices calculated using spontaneous blood pressure fluctuations, Sxa (based on transcranial Doppler) and TOxa (based on near-infrared spectroscopy); and transient hyperemic response test (THRT) where a brief compression of the common carotid artery is used. The predictive value of indices was assessed using data from the first 5 days. Overall there was only moderate correlation between indices. However, both Sxa and TOxa showed good accuracy in predicting impaired autoregulation evidenced by a negative THRT (area under the curve (AUC): 0.788, 95% CI: 0.723 to 0.854 and AUC: 0.827, 95% CI: 0.769 to 0.885, respectively). All indices proved accurate in predicting DCI when 0-to 5-day data were used (AUC: 0.801, 95% CI: 0.660 to 0.942; AUC: 0.857, 95% CI: 0.731 to 0.984, AUC: 0.796, 95% CI: 0.658 to 0.934 for THRT, Sxa, and TOxa, respectively). Combining all three indices had 100% specificity for predicting DCI. While multiple colinearities exist between the assessed methods, multimodal monitoring of cerebral autoregulation can aid in predicting DCI.

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Cerebral Autoregulation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Comparison of Three Methods

Budohoski

Czosnyka

Smielewski

et al. 2012

J Cereb Blood Flow Metab

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Autoregulation in the Neuro ICU

Wang

Ortega‐Gutiérrez

Petersen

2018

Curr Treat Options Neurol

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Cerebral autoregulation plays a critical role in regulating cerebral blood flow, and impaired autoregulation has been associated with worse functional and clinical outcomes in various acute brain injuries. There exists a multitude of methods to assess the autoregulatory state in patients using both invasive and non-invasive modalities. Continuous monitoring of patients in the ICU has yielded autoregulatory-derived optimal perfusion pressures that may prevent secondary injury and improve outcomes. Measuring autoregulation continuously at the bedside is now a feasible option for clinicians working in the ICU, although there exists a great need to standardize autoregulatory measurement. While the clinical benefits await prospective and randomized trials, autoregulation-derived parameters show enormous potential for creating an optimal physiological environment for the injured brain.

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Clinical relevance of cerebral autoregulation following subarachnoid haemorrhage

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a form of stroke that is associated with substantial morbidity, often as a result of cerebral ischaemia that occurs in the following days. These delayed deficits in blood flow have been traditionally attributed to cerebral vasospasm (the narrowing of large arteries), which can lead to cerebral infarction and poor neurological outcome. Data from recent studies, however, show that treatment of vasospasm in patients with SAH, using targeted medication, does not translate to better neurological outcomes, and argue against vasospasm being the sole cause of the delayed ischaemic complications. Cerebral autoregulation-a mechanism that maintains stability of cerebral blood flow in response to changes in cerebral perfusion pressure-has been reported to fail after SAH, often before vasospasm becomes apparent. Failure of autoregulation, therefore, has been implicated in development of delayed cerebral ischaemia. In this Review, we summarize current knowledge about the clinical effect of disturbed cerebral autoregulation following aneurysmal SAH, with emphasis on development of delayed cerebral ischaemia and clinical outcome, and provide a critical assessment of studies of cerebral autoregulation in SAH with respect to the method of blood-flow measurement. Better understanding of cerebral autoregulation following SAH could reveal mechanisms of blood-flow regulation that could be therapeutically targeted to improve patient outcome.

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Aspects of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Following Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Cited by 4 publications

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Cerebral Autoregulation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Comparison of Three Methods

Cerebral Autoregulation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Comparison of Three Methods

Autoregulation in the Neuro ICU

Clinical relevance of cerebral autoregulation following subarachnoid haemorrhage

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