Intracranial Pressure Monitoring During Percutaneous Tracheostomy 'Percutwist' in Critically Ill Neurosurgery Patients

Autor: Roberto Favaro, Giovanni Rosa, Giuseppina Magni, Carmela Imperiale
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Anesthesia & Analgesia. 108:588-592
ISSN: 0003-2999
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818f601b
Popis: BACKGROUND Tracheostomy is commonly required as part of the management of patients with severe brain damage. Percutaneous dilation tracheostomy is increasingly used in intensive care unit as an alternative to standard surgical tracheostomy. However, this procedure carries the risk of neurological complications, particularly in patients with intracranial hypertension. In this study, we sought to quantify the effects of Percutwist(R) tracheostomy (Rusch-Teleflex Medical) on intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), arterial CO(2) tension (Paco(2)), and arterial O(2) tension (Pao(2)), in 65 consecutive critically ill patients admitted to the neurosurgical intensive care unit, undergoing bedside percutaneous tracheostomy. METHODS Sixty-five patients (29 men, 36 women, mean age 43 yr, 7 +/- 10.6) Glasgow Coma Scale
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