Monitoring the Injured Brain

Editorial: Monitoring Pathophysiology in the Injured Brain

1 Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 3 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 4 Skane University Hospital, D...

Monitoring the injured brain: ICP and CBF.

Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and low cerebral blood flow (CBF) are associated with ischaemia and poor outcome after brain injury. Therefore, many management protocols target these parameters. This overview summarizes the technical aspects of ICP and CBF monitoring, and their role in the clinical management of brain-injured patients. Furthermore, some applications of these methods in curre...

Neurochemical Monitoring in the Injured Brain MICRODIALYSIS in Neurointensive Care

Bispectral index monitoring correlates with the level of consciousness in brain injured patients

BACKGROUND In general, measuring the level of consciousness in neurological patients is important. To assess the patient's mental status, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the level of consciousness (drowsiness, stupor, and coma) have been used in clinical situations. The aim of the present study was to identify the correlation between bispectral index (BIS) and level of consciousness in brain i...

Biochemical changes in the injured brain

Brain metabolism is an energy intensive phenomenon involving a wide spectrum of chemical intermediaries. Various injury states have a detrimental effect on the biochemical processes involved in the homeostatic and electrophysiological properties of the brain. The biochemical markers of brain injury are a recent addition in the armamentarium of neuro-clinicians and are being increasingly used in...