Mechanism of injury, associated outcome and intervention

Learn more about system hypoxia causing cerebral desaturation:

Mechanism of Injury

  • Pulse oximetry may be unreliable under cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest.1 Therefore, system hypoxia may be difficult to diagnose.
  • Because cerebral oximetry does not depend on pulsatile flow, it may be used to confirm the presence of hypoxemia2
  • Adjusting FiO2 from 30% to 100% in shunted and non-shunted patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy significantly increased regional cerebral oxygen saturation3

Associated Outcome

  • A retrospective study of adverse perfusion-related incidents during cardiopulmonary bypass determined that 6% of incidents were the results of failure of oxygen delivery4
Intervention % of all interventions5
Increase inspired oxygen concentration 6

Mechanism of injury, associated outcome and intervention

Learn more about system hypoxia causing cerebral desaturation:

Mechanism of Injury

  • Pulse oximetry may be unreliable under cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest.1 Therefore, system hypoxia may be difficult to diagnose.
  • Because cerebral oximetry does not depend on pulsatile flow, it may be used to confirm the presence of hypoxemia2
  • Adjusting FiO2 from 30% to 100% in shunted and non-shunted patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy significantly increased regional cerebral oxygen saturation3

Associated Outcome

  • A retrospective study of adverse perfusion-related incidents during cardiopulmonary bypass determined that 6% of incidents were the results of failure of oxygen delivery4
Intervention % of all interventions5
Increase inspired oxygen concentration 6
  • 1. Sessler DI. Pulse oximetry may not reliably assess peripheral perfusion. Anesthesiology. 1998;88(4):1129; author reply 1130. View Abstract
  • 2. Shah N, Trivedi NK, Clack SL, Shah M, Shah PP, Barker S. Impact of hypoxemia on the performance of cerebral oximeter in volunteer subjects. Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology. 2000;12(3):201-209. View Abstract
  • 3. Picton P, Chambers J, Shanks A, Dorje P. The influence of inspired oxygen fraction and end-tidal carbon dioxide on post-cross-clamp cerebral oxygenation during carotid endarterectomy under general anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2010;110(2):581-587. View Abstract
  • 4. Mejak BL, Stammers A, Rauch E, Vang S, Viessman T. A retrospective study on perfusion incidents and safety devices. Perfusion. 2000;15(1):51-61. View Abstract
  • 5. 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