Experimental Models Combining Traumatic Brain Injury and Hypoxia.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most common causes of death and disability, and cerebral hypoxia is a frequently occurring harmful secondary event in TBI patients. The hypoxic conditions that occur on the scene of accident, where the airways are often obstructed or breathing is in other ways impaired, could be reproduced using animal TBI models where oxygen delivery is strictly controlled throughout the entire experimental procedure. Monitoring physiological parameters of the animal is of utmost importance in order to maintain an adequate quality of the experiment. Peripheral oxygen saturation, O2 pressure (pO2) in the blood, or fraction of inhaled O2 (FiO2) could be used as goals to validate the hypoxic conditions. Different models of traumatic brain injury could be used to inflict desired injury type, whereas effects then could be studied using radiological, physiological and functional tests. In order to confirm that the brain has been affected by a hypoxic injury, appropriate substances in the affected cerebral tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, or serum should be analyzed.
Section for Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. eric.thelin@ki.se.|Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Karolinska University Hospital, Building R2:02, 17176, Stockholm, Sweden. eric.thelin@ki.se.
Eric P
EP
Thelin
D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D000070642:Brain Injuries, Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care; D051381:Rats
Animal model; CCI; Controlled cortical impact; Fluid percussion; Hypoxia; Hypoxic; Monitoring; Oxygen saturation; Posttraumatic hypoxia; Traumatic brain injury; Ventilation