scholarly journals Application of optical methods in the monitoring of traumatic brain injury: A review

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1825-1843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Weigl ◽  
Daniel Milej ◽  
Dariusz Janusek ◽  
Stanisław Wojtkiewicz ◽  
Piotr Sawosz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Cerebral Oxygenation ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Brain Perfusion ◽  
Cerebral Oximetry ◽  
Optical Methods ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Wide Range

We present an overview of the wide range of potential applications of optical methods for monitoring traumatic brain injury. The MEDLINE database was electronically searched with the following search terms: “traumatic brain injury,” “head injury,” or “head trauma,” and “optical methods,” “NIRS,” “near-infrared spectroscopy,” “cerebral oxygenation,” or “cerebral oximetry.” Original reports concerning human subjects published from January 1980 to June 2015 in English were analyzed. Fifty-four studies met our inclusion criteria. Optical methods have been tested for detection of intracranial lesions, monitoring brain oxygenation, assessment of brain perfusion, and evaluation of cerebral autoregulation or intracellular metabolic processes in the brain. Some studies have also examined the applicability of optical methods during the recovery phase of traumatic brain injury . The limitations of currently available optical methods and promising directions of future development are described in this review. Considering the outstanding technical challenges, the limited number of patients studied, and the mixed results and opinions gathered from other reviews on this subject, we believe that optical methods must remain primarily research tools for the present. More studies are needed to gain confidence in the use of these techniques for neuromonitoring of traumatic brain injury patients.

Oximetry of the brain

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 176-179
Author(s):  
Alina Vilkė ◽  
Andrius Macas ◽  
Dalia Bieliauskaitė ◽  
Diana Bilskienė ◽  
Ilona Šuškevičienė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Cerebral Oxygenation ◽  
Prospective Trial ◽  
Cerebral Oximetry ◽  
Early Results

Background. Devices allowing direct assessment of brain tissue oxygenation have showed promising results in clinical studies. However, estimation of brain oximetry still has some challenges. The aim of our study was to estimate the feasibility to monitor cerebral oximetry for neurosurgery patients in the Operating Room and in the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit, possible basic disturbances for the study and early results. Materials and methods. The prospective trial took place in a tertiary university setting – the Neurosurgery Department of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital (Kaunas Clinics). The monitoring was performed with an INVOS® Cerebral / Somatic Oximeter, which is based on near-infrared spectroscopy. The monitoring places were the Operating Room, later the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit and for some patients the regular Neurosurgery Ward. All patients had acute open or closed traumatic brain injury and had undergone neurosurgery. Results. 52 patients were included in the study, while 36 operations were performed after traumatic brain injury with successful monitoring. Preoperatively GCS ranged from 3 to 15 (average 10.2 ± 4.6), all patients had no hypotension ranged from 214 mmHg to 112 mmHg (average 148.0 ± 26.6), the mean arterial pressure ranged from 155 mmHg to 61 mmHg (average 106.0 ± 21.8), only two patients had hypoxia with SpO2 of 86% and 76%, other values averaged 96.7% ± 4.3% . Hemoglobin preoperatively ranged from 162 g/l to 82 g/l (average 133.7 ± 17.9). The va­ lues of cerebral oxygenation preoperatively in the Operating Room were 42–96% (average 74.8 ± 10.8), and one patient with cerebral oxy­ genation of 15% bilaterally before surgery died in 24 hours after the surgery (normal values vary from 58 to 82%). The values varied from to 15–95% in the period of the operation. The biggest difference of cerebral oxygenation between brain hemispheres was registered as 42% and 68% before the intubation, 60% (±8.8) and 76% (±4.0) during the operation, 64% (±4.9) and 80% (±5.3) in the Intensive Care Unit. 13 patients died, 17 were discharged with GCS of 13–15 and 6 patients with GCS of 8–12. Conclusions. Monitoring of regional cerebral oximetry for neurosurgery patients can be performed, despite of its limitations: surgery or application of the Mayfield holder in the frontal region of the head, intra­ operative transcranial Doppler monitoring

scholarly journals Photobiomodulation and the brain – has the light dawned?

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Hamblin
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Light ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Brain Cells ◽  
Brain Disorders ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Brain

Evidence is mounting that photobiomodulation therapy (shining near-infrared light) can benefit a wide range of brain disorders. The photons can penetrate into the brain where they stimulate production of energy in brain cells, and trigger numerous signaling pathways. Acute ischaemic stroke was the first indication that progressed to human clinical trials. Acute and chronic stages of traumatic brain injury were then investigated. Currently, psychiatric disorders such as depression, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are under investigation. Although showing great promise, more trials are clearly needed before the therapy will be accepted.

scholarly journals Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1586
Author(s):  
María Roldán ◽  
Panayiotis A. Kyriacou
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Near Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Cerebral Oxygenation ◽  
Noninvasive Monitoring ◽  
Infrared Light ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
The Brain

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. TBI can result when the head suddenly and violently impacts an object or when an object pierces the skull and enters brain tissue. Secondary injuries after traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to impairments on cerebral oxygenation and autoregulation. Considering that secondary brain injuries often take place within the first hours after the trauma, noninvasive monitoring might be helpful in providing early information on the brain’s condition. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an emerging noninvasive monitoring modality based on chromophore absorption of infrared light with the capability of monitoring perfusion of the brain. This review investigates the main applications of NIRS in TBI monitoring and presents a thorough revision of those applications on oxygenation and autoregulation monitoring. Databases such as PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane library were utilized in identifying 72 publications spanning between 1977 and 2020 which were directly relevant to this review. The majority of the evidence found used NIRS for diagnosis applications, especially in oxygenation and autoregulation monitoring (59%). It was not surprising that nearly all the patients were male adults with severe trauma who were monitored mostly with continue wave NIRS or spatially resolved spectroscopy NIRS and an invasive monitoring device. In general, a high proportion of the assessed papers have concluded that NIRS could be a potential noninvasive technique for assessing TBI, despite the various methodological and technological limitations of NIRS.

scholarly journals Traumatic Brain Injury: Effect of Litigation Status on Executive Functioning—A Pilot Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simi Prakash K. ◽  
Rajakumari P. Reddy ◽  
Anna R. Mathulla ◽  
Jamuna Rajeswaran ◽  
Dhaval P. Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Concept Formation ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Set Shifting ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a wide range of physiological, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive sequelae. Litigation status is one of the many factors that has an impact on recovery. The aim of this study was to compare executive functions, postconcussion, and depressive symptoms in TBI patients with and without litigation. A sample of 30 patients with TBI, 15 patients with litigation (medicolegal case [MLC]), and 15 without litigation (non-MLC) was assessed. The tools used were sociodemographic and clinical proforma, executive function tests, Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptom Questionnaire, and Beck Depression Inventory. Assessment revealed that more than 50% of patients showed deficits in category fluency, set shifting, and concept formation. The MLC group showed significant impairment on verbal working memory in comparison to the non-MLC group. The performance of both groups was comparable on tests of semantic fluency, visuospatial working memory, concept formation, set shifting, planning, and response inhibition. The MLC group showed more verbal working memory deficits in the absence of significant postconcussion and depressive symptoms on self-report measures.

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring of Cerebral Oxygenation and Influencing Factors in Neonates from High-Altitude Areas

Neonatology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Bi Ze ◽  
Lili Liu ◽  
Ge Sang Yang Jin ◽  
Minna Shan ◽  
Yuehang Geng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Oxygen Saturation ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Near Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Cerebral Oxygenation ◽  
Low Altitude ◽  
Normal Neonates

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Accurate detection of cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO<sub>2</sub>) may be useful for neonatal brain injury prevention, and the normal range of rSO<sub>2</sub> of neonates at high altitude remained unclear. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> To compare cerebral rSO<sub>2</sub> and cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (cFTOE) at high-altitude and low-altitude areas in healthy neonates and neonates with underlying diseases. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> 515 neonates from low-altitude areas and 151 from Tibet were enrolled. These neonates were assigned into the normal group, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) group, and other diseases group. Near-infrared spectroscopy was used to measure rSO<sub>2</sub> in neonates within 24 h after admission. The differences of rSO<sub>2</sub>, pulse oxygen saturation (SpO<sub>2</sub>), and cFTOE levels were compared between neonates from low- and high-altitude areas. <b><i>Results:</i></b> (1) The mean rSO<sub>2</sub> and cFTOE levels in normal neonates from Tibet were 55.0 ± 6.4% and 32.6 ± 8.5%, significantly lower than those from low-altitude areas (<i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.05). (2) At high altitude, neonates with HIE, pneumonia (<i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.05), anemia, and congenital heart disease (<i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.05) have higher cFTOE than healthy neonates. (3) Compared with HIE neonates from plain areas, neonates with HIE at higher altitude had lower cFTOE (<i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.05), while neonates with heart disease in plateau areas had higher cFTOE than those in plain areas (<i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.05). <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> The rSO<sub>2</sub> and cFTOE levels in normal neonates from high-altitude areas are lower than neonates from the low-altitude areas. Lower cFTOE is possibly because of an increase in blood flow to the brain, and this may be adversely affected by disease states which may increase the risk of brain injury.

Prognostic Factors for Persistent Symptoms in Adults With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: an Overview of Systematic Reviews

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Déry ◽  
Béatrice Ouellet ◽  
Élaine de Guise ◽  
Ève-Line Bussières ◽  
Marie-Eve Lamontagne
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Persistent Symptoms ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Overview Of Systematic Reviews

Abstract Background: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is an increasing public health problem, because of its persistent symptoms and several functional consequences. Understanding the prognosis of a condition is an important component of clinical decision-making and can help to guide prevention of persistent symptoms following mTBI. Prognosis of mTBI has stimulated several empirical primary research papers and many systematic reviews leading to the identification of a wide range of factors. We aim to synthesize these factors to get a better understanding of their breadth and scope.Methods: We conducted an overview of systematic reviews. We searched in databases systematic reviews synthesizing evidence about prognosis of persistent symptoms after mTBI in the adult population. Two reviewers independently screened all references and selected eligible reviews based on eligibility criteria. They extracted relevant information using an extraction grid. They also rated independently the risk of bias using the ROBIS tool. We synthesized evidence into a comprehensive conceptual map to facilitate the understanding of prognostic factors that have an impact on persistent post-concussion symptoms.Results: From the 3857 references retrieved in database search, we included 25 systematic reviews integrating the results of 312 primary articles published between 1957 and 2019. We examined 35 prognostic factors from the systematics reviews. No single prognostic factor demonstrated convincing and conclusive results. However, age, sex and multiple concussions showed an affirmatory association with persistent post-concussion outcomes in systematic reviews.Conclusion: We highlighted the need of a comprehensive picture of prognostic factors related to persistent post-concussion symptoms. We believe that these prognostic factors would guide clinical decision and research related to prevention and intervention regarding persistent post-concussion symptoms.Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42020176676

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