Impact of Cardiac Blood Flow on Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
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Trial end date:
2016-10-01
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Summary
Severe traumatic brain injury with increased intracranial pressure can lead to decreased
cerebral blood flow. Low cerebral blood flow is responsible for secondary lesions, leading to
bad prognosis. It is not yet established whether increasing cardiac output in these patients
can lead to an increase in cerebral blood flow, although there are some arguments in favor of
this hypothesis. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that increasing cardiac output will
improve cerebral blood flow in patients with severe traumatic injury and high cerebral
pressure.