Intracranial Multimodality Monitoring for Delayed Cerebral Ischemia.
Management of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage focuses on prevention of rebleeding by early treatment of the aneurysm, as well as detection and management of neurologic and medical complications. Early detection of delayed cerebral ischemia and management of modifiable contributing causes such as vasospasm take a central role, with the goal of preventing irreversible cerebral injury. In efforts to prevent delayed cerebral ischemia, multimodality monitoring has emerged as a promising tool in detecting subclinical physiologic changes before infarction occurs. However, there has been much variability in the utilization of this technology. Recent consensus guidelines discuss the role of multimodality monitoring in acute brain injury. In this review, we evaluate these guidelines and the utility of each modality of multimodality monitoring in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Department of Neurology, Division of Critical Care and Hospitalist Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
David J
DJ
Roh
Nicholas A
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Morris
Jan
J
Claassen
D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D064926:Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*