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Mechanism of injury, associated outcome and intervention

Learn more about lighter depth of anesthesia causing cerebral desaturation:

Mechanism of Injury

  • Anesthetics delivery reduces cerebral metabolism in a dose-dependent fashion1
Intervention % of all interventions2
Reduce cerebral oxygen consumption 3

Mechanism of injury, associated outcome and intervention

Learn more about lighter depth of anesthesia causing cerebral desaturation:

Mechanism of Injury

  • Anesthetics delivery reduces cerebral metabolism in a dose-dependent fashion1
Intervention % of all interventions2
Reduce cerebral oxygen consumption 3

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  • 1. Alkire MT. Quantitative EEG correlations with brain glucose metabolic rate during anesthesia in volunteers. Anesthesiology. 1998;89(2):323-333. View Abstract
  • 2. Deschamps A, Lambert J, Couture P, et al. Reversal of decreases in cerebral saturation in high-risk cardiac surgery. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. 2013;27(6):1260-1266. View Abstract
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