Hypertonic saline reduces intracranial hypertension in the presence of high serum and cerebrospinal fluid osmolalities
| Autor: | Eduardo Paredes-Andrade, Craig A. Solid, Rick M. Odland, Gaylan L. Rockswold, Sarah B. Rockswold |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Serum medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Adolescent Traumatic brain injury Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Cerebrospinal fluid Osmotherapy Medicine Humans Elevated Intracranial Pressure Intracranial pressure Aged Cerebrospinal Fluid Retrospective Studies Saline Solution Hypertonic business.industry High serum Osmolar Concentration Sodium Middle Aged medicine.disease Hypertonic saline Anesthesia Brain Injuries Fluid Therapy Female Neurology (clinical) Intracranial Hypertension business |
| Zdroj: | Neurocritical care. 17(2) |
| ISSN: | 1556-0961 |
| Popis: | Osmotherapy has been the cornerstone in the management of patients with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Several studies have demonstrated that hypertonic saline (HTS) is a safe and effective osmotherapy agent. This study evaluated the effectiveness of HTS in reducing intracranial hypertension in the presence of a wide range of serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) osmolalities.Forty-two doses of 23.4% saline boluses for treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension were reviewed retrospectively. Thirty milliliters of 23.4% NaCl was infused over 15 min for intracranial hypertension, defined as ICP 20 mmHg. The CSF and serum osmolalities from frozen stored samples were measured with an osmometer. The values of serum sodium, hourly ICP, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and creatinine were obtained directly from the medical records.The serum and CSF osmolalities correlated very closely to serum sodium (r 0.9, P 0.0001). The reduction in ICP from the baseline (measured from either the mean ICP or the lowest ICP measurement in the first 6 h after bolus HTS treatment) was statistically significant regardless of serum osmolality. The mean reduction from baseline to follow-up values was 8.8 mm Hg (P 0.0001). The decrease in ICP was as evident with serum osmolalities 320 as it was at ≤320.This study demonstrates that 23.4% HTS bolus is effective for the reduction of elevated ICP in patients with severe TBI even in the presence of high serum and CSF osmolalities. |
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