Cerebral blood flow and metabolism during open-heart surgery
AUTOR(ES)
Branthwaite, M. A.
RESUMO
Branthwaite, M. A. (1974).Thorax, 29, 633-638. Cerebral blood flow and metabolism during open-heart surgery. Changes in cerebral blood flow and metabolism were investigated in 30 patients during the first five minutes of cardiopulmonary bypass. The ratio of blood flow to oxygen uptake (the cerebral blood flow equivalent or CBFE) rose by 54% and this change could not be attributed to simultaneous variations in arterial carbon dioxide tension, haematocrit or temperature.
