Characterization of Cerebral Hemodynamics with TCD in Patients Undergoing VA-ECMO and VV-ECMO: a Prospective Observational Study

Neurocritical Care - Tập 38 - Trang 407-413 - 2022
Giorgio Caturegli1, Lucy Q. Zhang1, Yunis Mayasi1, Aaron M. Gusdon1, Bahattin Ergin1, Vladimir Ponomarev1, Bo Soo Kim2, Steven Keller2, Romergryko G. Geocadin1, Glenn J. R. Whitman3, Sung-Min Cho1, Wendy Ziai1
1Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
2Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
3Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

Tóm tắt

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has a high risk of acute brain injury and resultant mortality. Transcranial Doppler characterizes cerebral hemodynamics in real time, but limited data exist on its interpretation in ECMO. Here, we report TCD mean flow velocity and pulsatility index in a large ECMO population. This was a prospective cohort study at a tertiary care center. The patients were adults on venoarterial ECMO or venovenous ECMO undergoing TCD studies. A total of 135 patients underwent a total of 237 TCD studies while on VA-ECMO (n = 95, 70.3%) or VV-ECMO (n = 40, 29.6%). MFVs were captured reliably (approximately 90%) and were similar to a published healthy cohort in all vessels except the internal carotid artery. Presence of a recordable PI was strongly associated with ECMO mode (57% in VA vs. 95% in VV, p < 0.001). Absence of TCD pulsatility was associated with intraparenchymal hemorrhage (14.7 vs. 1.6%, p = 0.03) in VA-ECMO patients. Transcranial Doppler analysis in a single-center cohort of VA-ECMO and VV-ECMO patients demonstrates similar MFVs and PIs. Absence of PIs was associated with a higher frequency of intraparenchymal hemorrhage and a composite bleeding event. However, cautious interpretation and external validation is necessary for these findings with a multicenter study with a larger sample size.

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