Abstract
Background
We investigated in a porcine model of anhepatic acute liver failure (ALF), the value of two parameters describing cerebrovascular autoregulatory capacity, pressure reactivity index (PRx) and brain tissue oxygen pressure reactivity (ORx), regarding their power to predict the development of intracranial hypertension.
Methods
In six pigs, hepatectomy was performed. Only one animal was sham operated. All animals received neuromonitoring including arterial blood pressure, intracranial pressure (ICP), and brain tissue partial oxygen pressure (PbrO2). The average time of neuromonitoring was 31.0 h. Cerebral perfusion pressures (CPP), cerebrovascular pressure reactivity index (PRx) and brain tissue oxygen reactivity index (ORx) were calculated.
Results
Perioperative disturbance of AR improved within 4 h after surgery. From 6 to 16 h post hepatectomy, ICP did slowly increase by 4 mmHg from baseline; CPP remained stable around 40 mmHg. PRx and ORx, however, indicated in this period a progressive loss of AR, reflected in a decrease of PbrO2 despite unchanged CPP. Beyond 16 h, ICP rose quickly. At CPP levels below 35 mmHg, PbrO2 fell to ischemic levels.
Conclusions
The loss of cerebrovascular autoregulatory capacity, indicated by a rise of PRx and ORx precedes the final crisis of uncontrollable intracranial hypertension in this animal model by hours. During this phase cerebral blood flow, as reflected in tissue oxygenation, deteriorates despite unchanged CPP. Monitoring of AR during ALF therefore seems to carry the power to identify a risk for development of critical CBF and intracranial hypertension.
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Abbreviations
- AR:
-
Autoregulation
- PRx:
-
Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity index
- ORx:
-
Brain tissue oxygen pressure reactivity
- CBF:
-
Cerebral blood flow
- CPP:
-
Cerebral perfusion pressure
- ALF:
-
Acute liver failure
- TCD:
-
Transcraniel Doppler
- MAP:
-
Mean arterial pressure
- PbrO2 :
-
Brain tissue oxygen
- LLA:
-
Lower limit of the autoregulation
- NO:
-
Nitric oxide
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The authors thank T. O. Greiner, A. Stolz, and M. Seitzer for their excellent veterinary and technical assistance. The authors owe great thanks to P. Lewis, M. Jaeger, and M. Czosnyka for critically reading and commenting on the manuscript.
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Grözinger, G., Schenk, M., Morgalla, M.H. et al. The Values of Cerebrovascular Pressure Reactivity and Brain Tissue Oxygen Pressure Reactivity in Experimental Anhepatic Liver Failure. Neurocrit Care 17, 271–280 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-012-9714-0
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