Increased ICP and Its Cerebral Haemodynamic Sequelae

OBJECTIVES: Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a pathological feature of many neurological diseases; however, the local and systemic sequelae of raised ICP are incompletely understood. Using an experimental paradigm, we aimed to describe the cerebrovascular consequences of acute increases in ICP.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We assessed cerebral haemodynamics [mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), ICP, laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF), basilar artery Doppler flow velocity (Fv) and estimated vascular wall tension (WT)] in 27 basilar artery-dependent rabbits during experimental (artificial lumbar CSF infusion) intracranial hypertension. WT was estimated as the difference between critical closing pressure and ICP.

RESULTS: From baseline (~9 mmHg) to moderate increases in ICP (~41 mmHg), cortical LDF decreased (from 100 to 39.1%, p < 0.001), while mean global Fv was unchanged (from 47 to 45 cm/s, p = 0.38). In addition, MAP increased (from 88.8 to 94.2 mmHg, p < 0.01 and WT decreased (from 19.3 to 9.8 mmHg, p < 0.001). From moderate to high ICP (~75 mmHg), both global Fv and cortical LDF decreased (Fv, from 45 to 31.3 cm/s, p < 0.001; LDF, from 39.1 to 13.3%, p < 0.001) while MAP increased further (94.2 to 114.5 mmHg, p < 0.001) and estimated WT was unchanged (from 9.7 to 9.6 mmHg, p = 0.35).

CONCLUSION: In this analysis, we demonstrate a cortical vulnerability to increases in ICP and two ICP-dependent cerebro-protective mechanisms: with moderate increases in ICP, WT decreases and MAP increases to buffer cerebral perfusion, while with severe increases of ICP, an increased MAP predominates.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:126

Enthalten in:

Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement - 126(2018) vom: 25., Seite 47-50

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Donnelly, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Czosnyka, Marek [VerfasserIn]
Harland, Spencer [VerfasserIn]
Varsos, Georgios V [VerfasserIn]
Cardim, Danilo [VerfasserIn]
Robba, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiuyun [VerfasserIn]
Ainslie, Philip N [VerfasserIn]
Smielewski, Peter [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoregulation
Cerebral haemodynamics
Cerebral perfusion pressure
Intracranial pressure
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Date Completed 12.07.2018

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-3-319-65798-1_10

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM281500894