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Published in: Critical Care 1/2020

01-12-2020 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Research

Brain BOLD MRI O2 and CO2 stress testing: implications for perioperative neurocognitive disorder following surgery

Authors: W. Alan C. Mutch, Renée El-Gabalawy, Lawrence Ryner, Josep Puig, Marco Essig, Kayla Kilborn, Kelsi Fidler, M. Ruth Graham

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Mechanical ventilation to alter and improve respiratory gases is a fundamental feature of critical care and intraoperative anesthesia management. The range of inspired O2 and expired CO2 during patient management can significantly deviate from values in the healthy awake state. It has long been appreciated that hyperoxia can have deleterious effects on organs, especially the lung and retina. Recent work shows intraoperative end-tidal (ET) CO2 management influences the incidence of perioperative neurocognitive disorder (POND). The interaction of O2 and CO2 on cerebral blood flow (CBF) and oxygenation with alterations common in the critical care and operating room environments has not been well studied.

Methods

We examine the effects of controlled alterations in both ET O2 and CO2 on cerebral blood flow (CBF) in awake adults using blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) and pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) MRI. Twelve healthy adults had BOLD and CBF responses measured to alterations in ET CO2 and O2 in various combinations commonly observed during anesthesia.

Results

Dynamic alterations in regional BOLD and CBF were seen in all subjects with expected and inverse brain voxel responses to both stimuli. These effects were incremental and rapid (within seconds). The most dramatic effects were seen with combined hyperoxia and hypocapnia. Inverse responses increased with age suggesting greater risk.

Conclusions

Human CBF responds dramatically to alterations in ET gas tensions commonly seen during anesthesia and in critical care. Such alterations may contribute to delirium following surgery and under certain circumstances in the critical care environment.

Trial registration

ClincialTrials.gov NCT02126215 for some components of the study. First registered April 29, 2014.
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Metadata
Title
Brain BOLD MRI O2 and CO2 stress testing: implications for perioperative neurocognitive disorder following surgery
Authors
W. Alan C. Mutch
Renée El-Gabalawy
Lawrence Ryner
Josep Puig
Marco Essig
Kayla Kilborn
Kelsi Fidler
M. Ruth Graham
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-2800-3

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