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ArticlePloS one2018

Non-invasive assessment of cerebral oxygenation: A comparison of retinal and transcranial oximetry.

Karel Van Keer, Jan Van Keer, João Barbosa Breda, Vahid Nassiri, Cathy De Deyne, Cornelia Genbrugge, Luís Abegão Pinto, Ingeborg Stalmans, Evelien Vandewalle

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Karel Van KeerDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0826-3879
Jan Van KeerDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
João Barbosa BredaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Vahid NassiriI-BioStat, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Cathy De DeyneFaculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
Cornelia GenbruggeFaculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
Luís Abegão PintoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ingeborg StalmansDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Evelien VandewalleDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEZiekenhuis Oost-Limburg · BECentro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the correlation between cerebral (SO2-transcranial), retinal arterial (SaO2-retinal) and venous (SvO2-retinal) oxygen saturation as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and retinal oximetry respectively.

methodsPaired retinal and cerebral oxygen saturation measurements were performed in healthy volunteers. Arterial and venous retinal oxygen saturation and diameter were measured using a non-invasive spectrophotometric retinal oximeter. Cerebral oxygen saturation was measured using near-infrared spectroscopy. Correlations between SO2-transcranial and retinal oxygen saturation and diameter measurements were assessed using Pearson correlation coefficients. Lin's concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) and Bland-Altman analysis were performed to evaluate the agreement between SO2-transcranial as measured by NIRS and as estimated using a fixed arterial:venous ratio as 0.3 x SaO2-retinal + 0.7 x SvO2-retinal. The individual relative weight of SaO2-retinal and SvO2-retinal to obtain the measured SO2-transcranial was calculated for all subjects.

resultsTwenty-one healthy individuals aged 26.4 ± 2.2 years were analyzed. SO2-transcranial was positively correlated with both SaO2-retinal and SvO2-retinal (r = 0.44, p = 0.045 and r = 0.43, p = 0.049 respectively) and negatively correlated with retinal venous diameter (r = -0.51, p = 0.017). Estimated SO2-transcranial based on retinal oximetry showed a tolerance interval of (-13.70 to 14.72) and CCC of 0.46 (95% confidence interval: 0.05 to 0.73) with measured SO2-transcranial. The average relative weights of SaO2-retinal and SvO2-retinal to obtain SO2-transcranial were 0.31 ± 0.11 and 0.69 ± 0.11, respectively.

conclusionThis is the first study to show the correlation between retinal and cerebral oxygen saturation, measured by NIRS and retinal oximetry. The average relative weight of arterial and venous retinal oxygen saturation to obtain the measured transcranial oxygen saturation as measured by NIRS, approximates the established arterial:venous ratio of 30:70 closely, but shows substantial inter-individual variation. These findings provide a proof of concept for the role of retinal oximetry in evaluating cerebral oxygenation.

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