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Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring

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Monitoring of brain tissue oxygenation represents one of an array of regional cerebral monitors including microdialysis for measurement of regional metabolism, thermal diffusion probes for measurements of CBF and near-infrared spectroscopy that also measures brain tissue oxygenation. Common for all modalities is that they comprise a supplement to the routinely used ICP monitoring. These regional monitors have gained increasing interest over the last two decades because they open up possibilities to develop treatment strategies aiming at optimizing not only ICP but also cerebral blood flow, oxygenation and metabolism.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000, Odense, Denmark

    Troels Halfeld Nielsen

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  1. , Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Liesvei 65, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Terje Sundstrom

  2. , Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive, Lund University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, Lund, 22185, Sweden

    Per-Olof Grände

  3. Dept. Neuroanaesthesia & Neurosurgery, Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Niels Juul

  4. , Department of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrograde 44, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Carsten Kock-Jensen

  5. , Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bledgamsvej 9, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

    Bertil Romner

  6. , Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Jonas Liesvei, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Knut Wester

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Nielsen, T.H. (2012). Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring. In: Sundstrom, T., Grände, PO., Juul, N., Kock-Jensen, C., Romner, B., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28126-6_31

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