“…[14] Near infrared spectroscopy monitoring is suggested to be rather useful for patients who are at high risk for neurological complications during cardiac surgery. [15] Goldman et al [16] investigated the follow-up of some of the 1,297 patients who had undergone CABG with or without NIRS, and found the stroke rate to be lower in patients who had been followed-up with NIRS during the postoperative 18 months. They reported that cerebral rSO 2 decreased when tissue oxygenation was impaired due to hypotension, hemodilution, anemia, catheter malposition during the intraoperative period, and improved when appropriate measures were taken.…”