scholarly journals Commentary: The Goldilocks principle—selective antegrade cerebral perfusion optimizes cerebral tissue oxygenation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis J. Wilder ◽  
Mohan J. John
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Perfusion ◽  
Tissue Oxygenation ◽  
Cerebral Tissue ◽  
Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation ◽  
Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion ◽  
Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion

scholarly journals Epinephrine’s effects on cerebrovascular and systemic hemodynamics during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Critical Care ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantine D. Mavroudis ◽  
Tiffany S. Ko ◽  
Ryan W. Morgan ◽  
Lindsay E. Volk ◽  
William P. Landis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Tissue Oxygenation ◽  
Cerebral Oxygenation ◽  
Acute Effect ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Neurological Injury ◽  
Swine Model ◽  
Cerebral Tissue ◽  
Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation

Abstract Background Despite controversies, epinephrine remains a mainstay of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Recent animal studies have suggested that epinephrine may decrease cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral oxygenation, possibly potentiating neurological injury during CPR. We investigated the cerebrovascular effects of intravenous epinephrine in a swine model of pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. The primary objectives of this study were to determine if (1) epinephrine doses have a significant acute effect on CBF and cerebral tissue oxygenation during CPR and (2) if the effect of each subsequent dose of epinephrine differs significantly from that of the first. Methods One-month-old piglets (n = 20) underwent asphyxia for 7 min, ventricular fibrillation, and CPR for 10–20 min. Epinephrine (20 mcg/kg) was administered at 2, 6, 10, 14, and 18 min of CPR. Invasive (laser Doppler, brain tissue oxygen tension [PbtO2]) and noninvasive (diffuse correlation spectroscopy and diffuse optical spectroscopy) measurements of CBF and cerebral tissue oxygenation were simultaneously recorded. Effects of subsequent epinephrine doses were compared to the first. Results With the first epinephrine dose during CPR, CBF and cerebral tissue oxygenation increased by > 10%, as measured by each of the invasive and noninvasive measures (p < 0.001). The effects of epinephrine on CBF and cerebral tissue oxygenation decreased with subsequent doses. By the fifth dose of epinephrine, there were no demonstrable increases in CBF of cerebral tissue oxygenation. Invasive and noninvasive CBF measurements were highly correlated during asphyxia (slope effect 1.3, p < 0.001) and CPR (slope effect 0.20, p < 0.001). Conclusions This model suggests that epinephrine increases CBF and cerebral tissue oxygenation, but that effects wane following the third dose. Noninvasive measurements of neurological health parameters hold promise for developing and directing resuscitation strategies.

scholarly journals Physiologically based cord clamping improves cardiopulmonary haemodynamics in lambs with a diaphragmatic hernia

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan J Kashyap ◽  
Ryan J Hodges ◽  
Marta Thio ◽  
Karyn A Rodgers ◽  
Ben J Amberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diaphragmatic Hernia ◽  
Tissue Oxygenation ◽  
Lung Hypoplasia ◽  
Physiological Changes ◽  
Cerebral Tissue ◽  
Maximum Delay ◽  
Cord Clamping ◽  
Physiologically Based ◽  
Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation ◽  
Surgically Induced

ObjectiveLung hypoplasia associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) results in respiratory insufficiency and pulmonary hypertension after birth. We have investigated whether aerating the lung before removing placental support (physiologically based cord clamping (PBCC)), improves the cardiopulmonary transition in lambs with a CDH.MethodsAt ≈138 days of gestational age, 17 lambs with surgically induced left-sided diaphragmatic hernia (≈d80) were delivered via caesarean section. The umbilical cord was clamped either immediately prior to ventilation onset (immediate cord clamping (ICC); n=6) or after achieving a target tidal volume of 4 mL/kg, with a maximum delay of 10 min (PBCC; n=11). Lambs were ventilated for 120 min and physiological changes recorded.ResultsPulmonary blood flow (PBF) increased following ventilation onset in both groups, but was 19-fold greater in PBCC compared with ICC lambs at cord clamping (19±6.3 vs 1.0±0.5 mL/min/kg, p<0.001). Cerebral tissue oxygenation was higher in PBCC than ICC lambs during the first 10 min after cord clamping (59%±4% vs 30%±5%, p<0.001). PBF was threefold higher (23±4 vs 8±2 mL/min/kg, p=0.01) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) was threefold lower (0.6±0.1 vs 2.2±0.6 mm Hg/(mL/min), p<0.001) in PBCC lambs compared with ICC lambs at 120 min after ventilation onset.ConclusionsCompared with ICC, PBCC prevented the severe asphyxia immediately after birth and resulted in a higher PBF due to a lower PVR, which persisted for at least 120 min after birth in CDH lambs.

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