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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 56, 1473-1477, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Cerebral hemodynamics during cardiopulmonary bypass in children using near-infrared spectroscopy

P Fallon, I Roberts, FJ Kirkham, MJ Elliott, A Lloyd-Thomas, R Maynard and AD Edwards
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Child Health/Hospital for Sick Children, London, England.

We describe a new noninvasive method using near-infrared spectroscopy for monitoring cerebral hemodynamics during cardiopulmonary bypass in children. All patients were undergoing open heart operations for repair of congenital heart defects. Standardized anesthesia, an alpha-stat method of blood gas management, and nonpulsatile flow were used in all cases. All measurements during bypass were made after steady-state conditions had been reached. Cerebral blood flow was measured on 13 occasions in 4 children, aged between 4 and 10 months (median, 5 months). Values of 15.9 to 53.5 mL x 100 g-1 x min-1 were obtained. Cerebral blood volume was measured in 1 patient, aged 4 months. Volumes of 4.3 to 8.0 mL x 100 g-1 were obtained on bypass at full pump flow (2.4 L.min-1 x m-2). On bypass at half flow, the volume increased to 14.7 mL x 100 g-1. Change in cerebral blood volume with changing carbon dioxide tension (CBVR) was measured in 13 patients aged from 1 to 90 months (median, 13.5 months). Preoperatively, CBVR was 0.12 +/- 0.07 mL x 100 g-1 x kPa-1 and was independent of mean arterial pressure, which remained between 40 and 80 mm Hg in all cases. During hypothermic bypass (25 degrees C), CBVR was significantly reduced to 0.05 +/- 0.02 mL x 100 g-1 x kPa-1. In addition, there were three values at mean arterial pressure of lower than 40 mm Hg in which CBVR was negative (- 0.04 +/- 0.01 mL x 100 g-1 x kPa-1). We conclude that near-infrared spectroscopy is useful for the noninvasive investigation of cerebral hemodynamics during cardiopulmonary bypass.

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