title: Assessment of jugular blood oxygen and lactate indices for detection of cerebral ischemia and prognosis.
abstract: Levels of jugular blood oxygen saturation (SjvO2) and lactate have been proposed as indicators of cerebral ischemia and prognosis. However, sensitivity and specificity of these markers remain unknown. We retrospectively analyzed records of a series of 43 comatose patients at risk for cerebral ischemia, mainly after head injuries or subarachnoidal hemorrhage. Their SjvO2, jugulo-arterial lactate difference (VADLactate), and lactate-oxygen index (LOI) were determined every 8 hours. An increase in VADLactate and LOI was found, indicative of ischemia on CT scan, with threshold values of 0.30 mmol/L and 0.15, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity were 100% and 64%, respectively, for the VADLactate threshold, and 90% and 55%, respectively, for the LOI threshold. Regarding prediction of a poor outcome, only an increase in VADLactate had a predictive value with a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 67%. No threshold value with sufficient sensitivity and specificity was found for SjvO2, as indicator of either ischemia or outcome. During progression to brain death, VADLactate and LOI reached abnormal levels earlier than cerebral perfusion pressure or SjvO2. They reacted markedly to focal ischemia due to vasospasm. Hyperlactacidemia rendered VADLactate and LOI uninterpretable by causing a brain lactate influx. Present data, if confirmed by a prospective study, would justify inclusion of intermittent VADLactate and LOI determinations in the multimodal cerebral monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care, Neurological Hospital, Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France. francois.artru@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Artru
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dailler
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burel
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bodonian
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grousson
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Convert
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Renaud
authors.forename: Armand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perret-Liaudet
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003128:Coma / Q000097:blood; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D011379:Prognosis; D012372:ROC Curve; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid; D010100:Oxygen