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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 45, 206-209, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Loss of the somatosensory evoked response as an indicator of reversible cerebral ischemia during hypothermic, low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass

GJ Wilson, IM Rebeyka, JG Coles, AJ Desrosiers, HK Dasmahapatra, S Adler, DA Feitler, H Sherret, S Kielmanowicz and J Ikonomidis
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont, Canada.

We assessed somatosensory evoked response (SSER) as a monitor of cerebral protection during nonpulsatile, hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). In 13 dogs under CPB, extracorporeal flow rate (EFR) thresholds for loss of SSER were determined by stepwise reduction of the EFR from 2.0 to 0.25 L/min/m2 at perfusion temperatures of 35 degrees C, 30 degrees C, 25 degrees C, and 20 degrees C. Testing began at 35 degrees C in Group 1 (N = 6) and at 20 degrees C in Group 2 (N = 7). Immediately on loss of SSER (denoted as a decrease of 80% or more in the amplitude of the somatosensory evoked potentials), EFR was restored to 2.0 L/min/m. Thresholds for loss of SSER ranged between 0.75 and 0.25 L/min/m2. SSER was always restored on return of EFR to 2.0 L/min/m2; thus loss of SSER was a reversible ischemic change. Both groups had similar threshold values at 35 degrees C, but at lower temperatures, Group 1 thresholds were significantly higher than those in Group 2. Since 35 degrees C was the first test temperature for Group 1 but the last for Group 2, EFR reduction at 35 degrees C apparently caused neurophysiological changes (depletion of cortical energy reserves), which diminished subsequent tolerance to ischemia, but EFR reduction at 20 degrees C did not. Our findings show that loss of SSER warns of reversible cerebral ischemia, and support SSER monitoring as a useful measure of cerebral function during low-flow, hypothermic CPB.

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