Cerebral autoregulation assessment in premature infants: clinical relevance

Alexander Caicedo, Gunnar Naulers, Martin Wolf, Petra M A Lemmers, Frank van Bel, Lieveke Ameye, Sabine Van Huffel

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Abstract

Cerebral auto-regulation was assessed in premature infants by the analysis of the common dynamics between the Cerebral Blood Flow (CBF) and Mean Arterial Blood Pressure (MABP). Changes in cerebral intravascular oxygenation (HbD), regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2), and cerebral tissue oxygenation (TOI), all recorded with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), were used as an indirect measurement that reflects changes in CBF. Correlation,(partial) coherence and transfer function analysis scores were compared with normal and abnormal population in order to establish the importance of cerebral auto-regulation in clinical practice.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProc. Intl. Biosignal Processing Conf
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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