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Observational studyCritical care explorations2024

Dynamically Normalized Pupillometry for Detecting Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Julian Klug, Joana Martins, Ignazio De Trizio, Emmanuel Carrera, Miodrag Filipovic, Isabel Charlotte Hostettler, Urs Pietsch

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7 authors.

Julian KlugDivision of Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4849-9811
Joana MartinsDivision of Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Ignazio De TrizioDivision of Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Emmanuel CarreraStroke Research Group, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
Miodrag FilipovicDivision of Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Isabel Charlotte HostettlerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Urs PietschDivision of Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesDelayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) is a major driver of morbidity after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Quantitative pupillometry has been shown to be of prognostic value after acute neurological injury. However, the evidence for the use of pupillometric features for the detection of DCI has been conflicting. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of frequent pupillometric monitoring for DCI detection.

designObservational cohort study from a prospective aSAH registry.

settingTertiary referral center. PATIENTS: Adult patients with confirmed aSAH admitted to the ICU between March 2019 and December 2023.

interventionsNone. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsOne hundred fourteen patients were included, of which 31 (27.2%) suffered from DCI. All patients underwent frequent pupillometry (every 3 hr). We determined the absolute value of the neurological pupil index (NPi) and constriction velocity (CV), and their value normalized to the maximal recorded value between the admission and the pupillometry measure to account for personalized baselines. The association between pupillometry values and the occurrence of DCI within 6-24 hours was investigated. Normalized CV had the best discriminative performance to identify DCI within 8 hours, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.82 (95% CI, 0.69-0.91). NPi, as well as non-normalized metrics, were not significantly associated with DCI.

conclusionsNormalized CV has a clinically and statistically significant association with the occurrence of DCI after aSAH. Frequent quantitative pupillometry could improve the multimodal monitoring of patients after aSAH with the goal of improving the identification of patients likely to benefit from therapeutic interventions.

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Brain IschemiaSubarachnoid HemorrhageAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesPupilReflex, Pupillary

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PMID39082834
PMCPMC12333836

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