Intracranial lesion features in moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: relation to neurointensive care variables and clinical outcome

Wettervik, Teodor Svedung; Hånell, Anders; Enblad, Per; Lewén, Anders

doi:10.1007/s00701-023-05743-y

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Contusion expansion, low platelet count and bifrontal contusions are associated with worse patient outcome following traumatic brain injury—a retrospective single-center study

Andersson,

Hossain,

Marklund

2024

Acta Neurochir

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Background Cortical contusions are common in moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cortical contusions often expand, potentially causing neuro-worsening several hours to days post-trauma. While contusion expansion (CE) may affect outcome, potential clinical and radiological markers that can predict CE have been insufficiently explored. In the present single-center retrospective observational cohort study, we evaluated clinical outcome by the Glasgow Outcome Scale extended (GOSE) scale and evaluated risk factor for CE. Method Adult TBI patients > 18 years of age, and of all injury severities, were included. Main variables of interest were low platelet count, defined as < 150 × 109/L, presence of bifrontal contusions and CE, defined as absolute contusion volume increase in cm3. Factors associated with CE and clinical outcome according to GOSE were analyzed. Results Between 2012–2022, 272 patients were included. Contusion size on admission correlated positively with CE, as did the Marshall and Rotterdam radiological classification scores. Bifrontal contusions were significantly larger at admission, experienced larger CE, and had a worse outcome than contusions in other locations. Patients with a platelet count < 150 × 109/L experienced a greater volume CE and had a worse outcome when compared to patients with a normal platelet count. In a multivariate analysis, CE remained significantly associated with a poor outcome six months post- injury. Conclusion Contusion volume at admission, Marshall CT classification and Rotterdam CT score, positively correlated to CE. Bifrontal contusions and a platelet count < 150 × 109/L were associated with CE, and a poor clinical outcome. Large CE volumes were associated with a worse clinical outcome, and CE was per se associated with outcome in a multivariate analysis. Management of these risk factors for CE in the acute post-injury setting may be needed to attenuate contusion expansion and to improve clinical outcome in TBI patients suffering from cortical contusion injuries.

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Contusion expansion, low platelet count and bifrontal contusions are associated with worse patient outcome following traumatic brain injury—a retrospective single-center study

Andersson,

Hossain,

Marklund

2024

Acta Neurochir

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The Optimal pressure reactivity index range is disease-specific: A comparison between aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury

Svedung Wettervik,

Howells,

Hånell

et al. 2024

J Clin Monit Comput

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Purpose Impaired cerebral pressure autoregulation is common and detrimental after acute brain injuries. Based on the prevalence of delayed cerebral ischemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) patients compared to traumatic brain injury (TBI), we hypothesized that the type of autoregulatory disturbance and the optimal PRx range may differ between these two conditions. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal PRx ranges in relation to functional outcome following aSAH and TBI, respectively. Methods In this observational study, 487 aSAH patients and 413 TBI patients, treated in the neurointensive care, Uppsala, Sweden, between 2008 and 2018, were included. The percentage of good monitoring time (%GMT) of PRx was calculated within 8 intervals covering the range from -1.0 to + 1.0, and analyzed in relation to favorable outcome (GOS-E 5 to 8). Results In multiple logistic regressions, a higher %GMTs of PRx in the intervals -1.0 to -0.5 and + 0.75 to + 1.0 were independently associated with a lower rate of favorable outcome in the aSAH cohort. In a similar analysis in the TBI cohort, only positive PRx in the interval + 0.75 to + 1.0 was independently associated with a lower rate of favorable outcome. Conclusion Extreme PRx values in both directions were unfavorable in aSAH, possibly as high PRx could indicate proximal vasospasm with exhausted distal vasodilatory reserve, while very negative PRx could reflect myogenic hyperreactivity with suppressed cerebral blood flow. Only elevated PRx was unfavorable in TBI, possibly as pressure passive vessels may be a more predominant pathomechanism in this disease.

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Should Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury with Significant Contusions be Treated with Different Neurointensive Care Targets?

Svedung Wettervik,

Hånell,

Lewén

et al. 2024

Neurocrit Care

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Background Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with large contusions make up a specific TBI subtype. Because of the risk of brain edema worsening, elevated cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) may be particularly dangerous. The pressure reactivity index (PRx) and optimal cerebral perfusion pressure (CPPopt) are new promising perfusion targets based on cerebral autoregulation, but they reflect the global brain state and may be less valid in patients with predominant focal lesions. In this study, we aimed to investigate if patients with TBI with significant contusions exhibited a different association between PRx, CPP, and CPPopt in relation to functional outcome compared to those with small/no contusions. Methods This observational study included 385 patients with moderate to severe TBI treated at a neurointensive care unit in Uppsala, Sweden. The patients were classified into two groups: (1) significant contusions (> 10 mL) and (2) small/no contusions (but with extra-axial or diffuse injuries). The percentage of good monitoring time (%GMT) with intracranial pressure > 20 mm Hg; PRx > 0.30; CPP < 60 mm Hg, within 60–70 mm Hg, or > 70 mm Hg; and ΔCPPopt less than − 5 mm Hg, ± 5 mm Hg, or > 5 mm Hg was calculated. Outcome (Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended) was assessed after 6 months. Results Among the 120 (31%) patients with significant contusions, a lower %GMT with CPP between 60 and 70 mm Hg was independently associated with unfavorable outcome. The %GMTs with PRx and ΔCPPopt ± 5 mm Hg were not independently associated with outcome. Among the 265 (69%) patients with small/no contusions, a higher %GMT of PRx > 0.30 and a lower %GMT of ΔCPPopt ± 5 mm Hg were independently associated with unfavorable outcome. Conclusions In patients with TBI with significant contusions, CPP within 60–70 mm Hg may improve outcome. PRx and CPPopt, which reflect global cerebral pressure autoregulation, may be useful in patients with TBI without significant focal brain lesions but seem less valid for those with large contusions. However, this was an observational, hypothesis-generating study; our findings need to be validated in prospective studies before translating them into clinical practice.

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Intracranial lesion features in moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: relation to neurointensive care variables and clinical outcome

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Contusion expansion, low platelet count and bifrontal contusions are associated with worse patient outcome following traumatic brain injury—a retrospective single-center study

Contusion expansion, low platelet count and bifrontal contusions are associated with worse patient outcome following traumatic brain injury—a retrospective single-center study

The Optimal pressure reactivity index range is disease-specific: A comparison between aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury

Should Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury with Significant Contusions be Treated with Different Neurointensive Care Targets?

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