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Anti-decubitus bed mattress may interfere with cerebrovascular pressure reactivity measures due to induced ICP and ABP cyclic peaks.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Jeanette, Tas 
Melisa, Borg 
Peter, Smielewski 
Marek, Czosnyka 
Erta, Beqiri 

Abstract

Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients are monitored with continuous arterial blood pressure (ABP) and intracranial pressure (ICP). The pressure reactivity index (PRx) is a frequently used correlation coefficient between ABP and ICP to inform clinicians at the bedside about trends in global cerebrovascular pressure regulation status. We present an unexpected influence of cyclic anti-decubitus mattress inflations and deflations on invasive ICP, ABP and PRx calculations in our TBI patients. This might affect autoregulation guided management. In our database, 23% (9/39) of the patients show recurrent peaks in the monitoring signals. We hypothesize that these peaks are caused by (a combination) of hydrostatic change, local (cervical) compression and/or incorrect sensor zeroing due to positional changes induced by the anti-decubitus mattress. This warrants further investigation by the manufacturer and exploration of data filters.

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Keywords

Anti-decubitus bed mattress, ICP, Prx, Arterial Pressure, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Humans, Intracranial Pressure, Monitoring, Physiologic

Journal Title

J Clin Monit Comput

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Journal ISSN

1387-1307
1573-2614

Volume Title

35

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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