Monitoring the safe levels of hypotension. IV. The role of cerebral blood flow studies.
It is now possible to monitor CBF during aneurysm surgery using a relatively simple, noninvasive technique. This should improve the safety of the use of controlled hypotension and may well identify those patients requiring more aggressive postoperative treatment. Intraoperative CBF monitoring will also provide valuable information concerning the cerebrovascular effects of the various hypotensive agents used, as well as the pathophysiology of CBF regulation.
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D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes