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A Bedside, Single Burr Hole Approach to Multimodality Monitoring in Severe Brain Injury
Published on: March 26, 2019
Multimodal monitoring in the pediatric intensive care unit: new modalities and informatics challenges
Zachary M Grinspan1, Steven Pon2, Jeffrey P Greenfield3
1Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
Abstract:
We review several newer modalities to monitor the brain in children with acute neurologic disease in the pediatric intensive care unit, such as partial brain tissue oxygen tension (PbtO2), jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjvO2), near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), thermal diffusion measurement of cerebral blood flow, cerebral microdialysis, and EEG. We then discuss the informatics challenges to acquire, consolidate, analyze, and display the data. Acquisition includes multiple data types: discrete, waveform, and continuous. Consolidation requires device interoperability and time synchronization. Analysis could include pressure reactivity index and quantitative EEG. Displays should communicate the patient's current status, longitudinal and trend information, and critical alarms.
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