Hyperemia following traumatic brain injury: relationship to intracranial hypertension and outcome
- 1 November 1996
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 85 (5), 762-771
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1996.85.5.0762
Abstract
✓ The role of posttraumatic hyperemia in the development of raised intracranial pressure (ICP) has important pathophysiological and therapeutic implications. To determine the relationship between hyperemia (cerebral blood flow (CBF) > 55 ml/100 g/minute), intracranial hypertension (ICP > 20 mm Hg), and neurological outcome, 193 simultaneous measurements of ICP and CBF (xenon-133 method) were obtained in 59 patients with moderate and severe head injury. Hyperemia was associated with an increased incidence of simultaneous intracranial hypertension compared to nonhyperemic CBF measurements (32.2% vs. 21.6%, respectively; p < 0.059). However, in 78% of blood flow studies in which ICP was greater than 20 mm Hg, CBF was less than or equal to 55 ml/100 g/minute. At least one episode of hyperemia was documented in 34% of patients, all of whom had a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 9 or below. In 12 individuals with hyperemia without simultaneous intracranial hypertension, ICP was greater than 20 mm Hg for an ave...Keywords
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