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Cerebral Oxygenation in Traumatic Brain Injury: Can a Non-Invasive Frequency Domain Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Device Detect Changes in Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension as Well as the Established Invasive Monitor?

Abstract
The cost and highly invasive nature of brain monitoring modality in traumatic brain injury patients currently restrict its utility to specialist neurological intensive care settings. We aim to test the abilities of a frequency domain near-infrared spectroscopy (FD-NIRS) device in predicting changes in invasively measured brain tissue oxygen tension. Individuals admitted to a United Kingdom specialist major trauma center were contemporaneously monitored with an FD-NIRS device and invasively measured brain tissue oxygen tension probe. Area under the curve receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) statistical analysis was utilized to assess the predictive power of FD-NIRS in detecting both moderate and severe hypoxia (20 and 10 mm Hg, respectively) as measured invasively. Sixteen individuals were prospectively recruited to the investigation. Severe hypoxic episodes were detected in nine of these individuals, with the NIRS demonstrating a broad range of predictive abilities (AUROC 0.68-0.88) from relatively poor to good. Moderate hypoxic episodes were detected in seven individuals with similar predictive performance (AUROC 0.576-0.905). A variable performance in the predictive powers of this FD-NIRS device to detect changes in brain tissue oxygen was demonstrated. Consequently, this enhanced NIRS technology has not demonstrated sufficient ability to replace the established invasive measurement.
AuthorsDavid James Davies, Michael Clancy, Hamid Dehghani, Samuel John Edwin Lucas, Mario Forcione, Kamal Makram Yakoub, Antonio Belli
JournalJournal of neurotrauma (J Neurotrauma) Vol. 36 Issue 7 Pg. 1175-1183 (04 01 2019) ISSN: 1557-9042 [Electronic] United States
PMID29877139 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Oxygen
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Brain (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation (physiology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia, Brain (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxygen (metabolism)
  • Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared

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