Cerebral autoregulation before and after blood transfusion in a child

M S Vavilala; L A Lee; G P Morris; A M Lam

doi:10.1097/00008506-200107000-00009

Cerebral autoregulation before and after blood transfusion in a child

J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2001 Jul;13(3):233-6. doi: 10.1097/00008506-200107000-00009.

Authors

M S Vavilala¹, L A Lee, G P Morris, A M Lam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA.

PMID: 11426098
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200107000-00009

Abstract

The authors present the case of an anemic 22-month-old child undergoing lower extremity surgery in whom the lower limit of cerebral autoregulation was shifted to the right.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accidents, Home
Anemia / complications*
Anesthesia, General / methods
Blood Flow Velocity
Blood Pressure
Blood Transfusion*
Cerebrovascular Circulation*
Female
Femoral Fractures / surgery*
Hematocrit
Homeostasis
Humans
Infant
Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
Monitoring, Intraoperative
Respiration, Artificial
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial