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Board Questions: Brain Emergencies and Other Intracranial Problems Q&A (Contains Ethics questions)
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A 52-year-old woman was admitted to the ICU after a cerebral aneurysm clipping surgery. She presented with a ruptured aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The question asks about optimizing cerebral perfusion pressure and gives four options. The correct answer is euvolemia and maintaining a mean arterial pressure (MAP) greater than 90 mmHg. This is because hypervolemia can have side effects and no benefit if the patient does not have symptoms of vasospasm. Hypervolemia with systolic blood pressure greater than 180 is not necessary at this time. Maintaining systolic blood pressure less than 120 would put the patient at risk for reduced cerebral perfusion and higher likelihood of complications. The video also discusses the debate between using mean arterial pressure (MAP) or systolic blood pressure as a guide, but generally, the neuro field follows systolic blood pressure as the main target.
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Andrew M Naidech, MD; Stephen M. Pastores MD, MACP, FCCP, FCCM
Keywords
ICU
cerebral aneurysm
subarachnoid hemorrhage
cerebral perfusion pressure
MAP
hypervolemia
vasospasm
systolic blood pressure
neuro field
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