The Frontal Bone Window for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography in Critically Ill Patients: Validation of a New Approach in the ICU.
Adult
Aged
Anterior Cerebral Artery
/ diagnostic imaging
Blood Flow Velocity
Brain Injuries
/ diagnostic imaging
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
/ diagnostic imaging
Critical Illness
Female
Frontal Bone
Glasgow Coma Scale
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
/ diagnostic imaging
Temporal Bone
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
/ methods
Anterior cerebral artery (D020771)
Cerebral vasospasm (D020301)
Frontal acoustic bone window
Neurophysiological monitoring (D064926)
Reliability and validity (D015203)
Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (D017585)
Journal
Neurocritical care
ISSN: 1556-0961
Titre abrégé: Neurocrit Care
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101156086
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
31
10
2019
medline:
17
8
2021
entrez:
31
10
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The temporal bone window (TBW) for transcranial Doppler (TCD) often fails to insonate the anterior cerebral artery (ACA). The frontal bone window (FBW) has never been evaluated in intensive care units (ICU). The main objective was to determine the ability of the FBW to assess ACA velocities in critically ill patients. A prospective study was conducted in two ICUs of the Montpellier University Hospital (France), between November 2014 and September 2016. Adult patients admitted to ICU for brain injury, with a Glasgow Coma Scale score ≤ 13, were enrolled within 3 days after admission. A first TCD examination was carried out bilaterally through the TBW and FBW by an intensivist expert in TCD, repeated by the same examiner, and 15 min later by an intensivist certified in TCD, designated as non-expert, blinded. The success of the FBW examinations was defined by the ability to measure the ACA velocities. Intra- and interobserver agreements were analyzed according to the Bland and Altman method. A total of 147 patients were analyzed. The FBW succeeded in insonating the ACA in 66 patients [45%, CI (37-53)], 45 bilaterally and 21 unilaterally. For 16 patients (11%), the FBW was the only way to measure ACA velocities. By combining the two techniques, the ACA success rate increased from 62% CI (54-70) to 73% CI (65-79) (P = 0.05). Intra- and interobserver mean biases and 95% limits of agreement for ACA systolic velocity measurements through the FBW were 1 (- 33 to 35) and 2 (- 34 to 38) cm s In ICU, the FBW was able to insonate the ACA in 45% of patients admitted for brain injury, without the use of contrast agents. The FBW could improve the detection of ACA vasospasms.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE
The temporal bone window (TBW) for transcranial Doppler (TCD) often fails to insonate the anterior cerebral artery (ACA). The frontal bone window (FBW) has never been evaluated in intensive care units (ICU). The main objective was to determine the ability of the FBW to assess ACA velocities in critically ill patients.
METHODS
A prospective study was conducted in two ICUs of the Montpellier University Hospital (France), between November 2014 and September 2016. Adult patients admitted to ICU for brain injury, with a Glasgow Coma Scale score ≤ 13, were enrolled within 3 days after admission. A first TCD examination was carried out bilaterally through the TBW and FBW by an intensivist expert in TCD, repeated by the same examiner, and 15 min later by an intensivist certified in TCD, designated as non-expert, blinded. The success of the FBW examinations was defined by the ability to measure the ACA velocities. Intra- and interobserver agreements were analyzed according to the Bland and Altman method.
RESULTS
A total of 147 patients were analyzed. The FBW succeeded in insonating the ACA in 66 patients [45%, CI (37-53)], 45 bilaterally and 21 unilaterally. For 16 patients (11%), the FBW was the only way to measure ACA velocities. By combining the two techniques, the ACA success rate increased from 62% CI (54-70) to 73% CI (65-79) (P = 0.05). Intra- and interobserver mean biases and 95% limits of agreement for ACA systolic velocity measurements through the FBW were 1 (- 33 to 35) and 2 (- 34 to 38) cm s
CONCLUSIONS
In ICU, the FBW was able to insonate the ACA in 45% of patients admitted for brain injury, without the use of contrast agents. The FBW could improve the detection of ACA vasospasms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31664626
doi: 10.1007/s12028-019-00869-3
pii: 10.1007/s12028-019-00869-3
pmc: PMC7392931
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Validation Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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