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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2023

Relationship between the shape of intracranial pressure pulse waveform and computed tomography characteristics in patients after traumatic brain injury.

Agnieszka Kazimierska, Agnieszka Uryga, Cyprian Mataczyński, Marek Czosnyka, Erhard W Lang, Magdalena Kasprowicz, CENTER-TBI high-resolution sub-study participants and investigators

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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7 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Agnieszka KazimierskaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland. agnieszka.kazimierska@pwr.edu.pl.
Agnieszka UrygaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland.
Cyprian MataczyńskiDepartment of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland.
Marek CzosnykaBrain Physics Laboratory, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Erhard W LangNeurosurgical Associates, Red Cross Hospital, Kassel, Germany.
Magdalena KasprowiczDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland. magdalena.kasprowicz@pwr.edu.pl.
CENTER-TBI high-resolution sub-study participants and investigators
Wrocław University of Science and Technology · PLWarsaw University of Technology · PLGerman Red Cross · DEUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Göttingen · DEAGH University of Krakow · PLUniversität Innsbruck · AT

Funding

European Union 7th Framework program European Commission grant 602150National Science Centre, Poland UMO-019/35/B/ST7/00500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMidline shift and mass lesions may occur with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and are associated with higher mortality and morbidity. The shape of intracranial pressure (ICP) pulse waveform reflects the state of cerebrospinal pressure-volume compensation which may be disturbed by brain injury. We aimed to investigate the link between ICP pulse shape and pathological computed tomography (CT) features.

methodsICP recordings and CT scans from 130 TBI patients from the CENTER-TBI high-resolution sub-study were analyzed retrospectively. Midline shift, lesion volume, Marshall and Rotterdam scores were assessed in the first CT scan after admission and compared with indices derived from the first 24 h of ICP recording: mean ICP, pulse amplitude of ICP (AmpICP) and pulse shape index (PSI). A neural network model was applied to automatically group ICP pulses into four classes ranging from 1 (normal) to 4 (pathological), with PSI calculated as the weighted sum of class numbers. The relationship between each metric and CT measures was assessed using Mann-Whitney U test (groups with midline shift > 5 mm or lesions > 25 cm

resultsPSI was significantly higher in patients with mass lesions (with lesions: 2.4 [1.9-3.1] vs. 1.8 [1.1-2.3] in those without; p << 0.001) and those with midline shift (2.5 [1.9-3.4] vs. 1.8 [1.2-2.4]; p < 0.001), whereas mean ICP and AmpICP were comparable. PSI was significantly correlated with the extent of midline shift, total lesion volume and the Marshall and Rotterdam scores. PSI showed AUCs > 0.7 in classification of patients as presenting pathological CT features compared to AUCs ≤ 0.6 for mean ICP and AmpICP.

conclusionsICP pulse shape reflects the reduction in cerebrospinal compensatory reserve related to space-occupying lesions despite comparable mean ICP and AmpICP levels. Future validation of PSI is necessary to explore its association with volume imbalance in the intracranial space and a potential complementary role to the existing monitoring strategies.

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Brain InjuriesBrain Injuries, TraumaticHumansIntracranial PressureRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedComputed tomographyIntracranial pressureMorphological analysisNeuromonitoringPulse waveformTraumatic brain injury

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PMID37978548
PMCPMC10656987
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