Feasibility of Using NeuraSignal Transcranial Doppler Robot for Generating Cerebral Autoregulation Curves in Neuro ICU Patients Admitted for Blood Pressure Management After Spinal Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of using the NeuraSignal transcranial doppler robot in a neuro ICU setting to measure cerebral blood flow correlated with arterial blood pressure to generate individualized cerebral autoregulatory curves
Description
This study aims to explore the feasibility of using the NeuraSignal transcranial doppler robot to generate cerebral autoregulation curves in adult patients admitted to the neuro ICU with a newly diagnosed brain mass. Cerebral blood flow measurements as calculated by a transcranial doppler robot will be time-correlated with arterial blood pressure measurements to generate personalized cerebral autoregulation curves. The study will be conducted prospectively and observationally on 20 patients as a pilot study for feasibility management. Cerebral autoregulation has historically been difficult to…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–89 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-89 * Patients admitted to the Neuro ICU for blood pressure management (MAP management) after spinal surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under 18 years (or bodyweight \<50kg if age unknown), * prisoners * pregnant women, * non-English speaking, * patients enrolled in concurrent * ongoing interventional trial * students of UAB * employees of UAB * targeting specific populations * patients with previously diagnosed brain pathology * patients with open wounds over temporal bones precluding transcranial doppler
Interventions
- DeviceNeuraSignal transcranial doppler robot
measure cerebral blood flow correlated with arterial blood pressure to generate individualized cerebral autoregulatory curves
Location
- UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineBirmingham, Alabama