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Modica PA, Tempelhoff R. A comparison of computerized EEG with internal carotid artery stump pressure for detection of ischemia during carotid endarterectomy. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 1989;1(3):211-8doi: 10.1097/00008506-198909000-00002.
Modica, P. A., & Tempelhoff, R. (1989). A comparison of computerized EEG with internal carotid artery stump pressure for detection of ischemia during carotid endarterectomy. Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology, 1(3), 211-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/00008506-198909000-00002
Modica, P A, and Tempelhoff, R. "A comparison of computerized EEG with internal carotid artery stump pressure for detection of ischemia during carotid endarterectomy." Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology vol. 1,3 (1989): 211-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/00008506-198909000-00002
Modica PA, Tempelhoff R. A comparison of computerized EEG with internal carotid artery stump pressure for detection of ischemia during carotid endarterectomy. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 1989 Sep;1(3):211-8. doi: 10.1097/00008506-198909000-00002. PMID: 15815276.
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 1989 Sep;1(3):211-8. doi: 10.1097/00008506-198909000-00002.

A comparison of computerized EEG with internal carotid artery stump pressure for detection of ischemia during carotid endarterectomy.

Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology

P A Modica, R Tempelhoff

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Neuroanesthesia, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

PMID: 15815276 DOI: 10.1097/00008506-198909000-00002

Abstract

Previous investigations appear to indicate that an ischemic EEG is not observed during carotid cross-clamping when the stump pressure is >/=60 mm Hg. In this report of 124 carotid endarterectomies (CEA) performed with selective shunting based on computerized EEG (CEEG), we compared the CEEG and this previously established critical stump pressure level of 60 mm Hg as methods of detecting cerebral ischemia during carotid clamping. A significant association between stump pressure and CEEG findings during clamping existed (p <0.05). Only 1 of 44 patients with a stump pressure >/=60 mm Hg received a shunt based on CEEG signs of cerebral ischemia. However, 62 of the remaining 80 patients did not receive a shunt and awoke neurologically intact despite a stump pressure <60 mm Hg. A highly significant association between the postoperative neurologic exam and the CEEG findings during carotid clamping was demonstrated (p <0.001). In contrast, for stump pressure, a correlation with the neurologic exam was not found. Compared to CEEG, these results appear to indicate that a critical stump pressure of 60 mm Hg is a sensitive but not specific indicator for the placement of a shunt selectively during CEA. The combined use of these two monitors should lead to reliable shunt selection, especially when stump pressure is <60 mm Hg.

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