title: Cerebral oxygen saturation, transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and stump pressure in carotid surgery.
abstract: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), light-reflective cerebral oximetry and measurement of internal carotid artery stump pressure were compared as methods of monitoring cerebral perfusion during carotid surgery in 33 patients. Median cerebral oxygen saturation was 70 (range 62-85) per cent and TCD-measured mean blood velocity 42 (range 19-91) cm/s before carotid cross-clamping, falling to 68 (53-83) per cent and 16 (0-50) cm/s respectively on application of the clamps (P < 0.001). Stump pressure correlated closely with MCA blood velocity 30 s after the start of cross-clamping (rs = 0.58, P < 0.001), but not with cerebral oxygen saturation. A fall of 5 per cent or more in cerebral oxygen saturation following cross-clamp application was predicted by a decrease in mean MCA blood velocity of at least 60 per cent. Changes in cerebral oxygen saturation correlated significantly with systolic blood pressure throughout the perioperative period (rs = 0.41, P < 0.001). Significant falls in cerebral oxygenation were not predicted by low stump pressure but were associated with large reductions in the mean MCA blood velocity measured by TCD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, UK.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Picton
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mortimer
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: McCollum
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen