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The pathophysiological mechanisms of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) involve early brain injury (EBI) and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI). Several mechanisms contribute to EBI pathogenesis, including cell death, inflammatory response, oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, microcirculatory dysfunction, microthrombosis and cortical spreading depolarization. All are suggested to be linked due to common pathogenic pathways and direct interaction. Despite advances in research of diagnostics and treatment strategies, brain injury remains the major cause of death and disability in SAH patients. There is no sufficient treatment of SAH and its devastating consequences known so far. Developing and improving diagnostic methods to monitor SAH patients and to evaluate efficacy of treatment strategies are essential in SAH research. These include neuroimaging, biomarkers, and other parameters such as invasive multimodal neuromonitoring and intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring. Cerebral vasospasm (CV) - mostly responsible for DCI - can be depicted on angiograms. Altogether, tremendous efforts have been taken to conquer the occurrence and sustainability of CV. The mortality of patients suffering aSAH rises up to 50% if the patients' condition is critical (Hunt&Hess (HH) Grade 5, WFNS Grade 5, modified Fisher Grade 4). Reports of beneficial outcome in patients with pre-existing CSF shunting have been published. The hypothesis of early CSF reapplication to the bloodstream, in order to prevent CV seems to be positively approved by the mentioned reports. Nevertheless, no data could be found on the mechanisms of action in this phenomenon. To confirm the presence of interaction of the mechanisms of EBI and evaluate the application of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a pilot clinical trial was planned. Due to the lack of validated animal models for aSAH it is necessary to perform the trial first-in-human. A pilot (proof of concept) trial - is done through inclusion of 10 patients with severe aSAH (≥HH4). According to clinical guidelines, these patients receive external ventricular drainages in order to drain CSF and lower intracranial pressure. An interim analysis of data will be performed after inclusion and treatment of 5 patients. Blood-/CSF-sampling for further analysis will be collected before, during and after treatment according to the study protocol.
The new Integra CereLink ICP monitor integrate the possibility of recording and displaying continuously the AUC (Pressure Time Dose, PTD) and other ICP derived variables and provide the possibility of evaluating the utility of this information at the bedside. It offers the opportunity to test in a standardized way the clinical value of the PTD computation in this setting. Therefore, this study aims to test clinically if PTD recorded continuously is associated to patients' outcome and to identify a threshold of PTD associated with the transition from good to negative outcomes.
Neuropsychological and functional long-term consequences of subarachnoid hemorrhages (SAH) represent a great challenge, since sometimes considerable cognitive deficits occur without evidence of substantial brain damage. In this study, we want to examine if the frequently observed memory deficits are associated with hippocampal atrophy.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a frequent and severe disease. Mortality can reach 40%. The most frequent complication of SAH is arterial vasospasm, with estimated incidence as high as 70%. Vasospasm is responsible for cerebral ischemia leading to severe morbidity, poorer quality of life and increased mortality. Intravenous Milrinone, because of vasodilatory properties could be a therapeutic option. We hypothesize that intravenous infusion of Milrinone will improve the neurological recovery of patients with vasospasm following aneurysmal SAH at 3 months. This is a Phase III, multi-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. The primary outcome will be the proportion of patients with a good outcome 3 months (defined as a modified rankin score ≤2).
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a common type of acute hemorrhagic stroke. One of its complications, cerebral vasospasm (CVS), is the main cause of death and disability, with an incidence of up to 30%-90%. Blood and its metabolites are vital reasons for CVS. Normal saline, as an intraoperative irrigation fluid for the surgery of aneurysm clipping, can induce secondary damage to the brain. In this study, a new type of magnesium-rich artificial cerebrospinal fluid (MACSF) has been designed, which has similar ionic concentration, pH value and osmotic pressure compared with the physiological cerebrospinal fluid. It has been confirmed by animal experiments that MACSF can relieve the hyper-responsiveness of cerebral arteries to ET and 5-HT induced by hemorrhagic CSF from patients with aSAH by down-regulating the expression of ETA, contractile ETB and 5-HT1B receptors in the previous research. Therefore, MACSF may have potential effects on preventing and treating CVS. In this study, we plan to apply MACSF as an intraoperative irrigation fluid for the surgery of aneurysm clipping (MACSF group), which is compared with normal saline (historical control group). To evaluate the effects of MACSF on reducing the incidence of CVS and improving the clinical prognosis of patients with aSAH, the occurrence of CVS within 14 days after aneurysm clipping, NIHSS score, as well as mRS scores at 1, 3 and 6 months after aSAH will be recorded and compared. CVS related biomarkers will be used to evaluate the relationship between the occurrence of CVS and the levels of biomarkers in both CSF and blood samples from MACSF group.
Nimodipine can increase Functional Capillary Density (FCD) as a parameter of the sublingual microcirculation in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) compared to patients without nimodipine.
The present study is a randomized, multi-center, double-blind, prospective study that tests the efficacy of intravenous milrinone to optimize cerebral hemodynamic and prevent delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) during the high-risk period (day 4- day 14) in patients with severe subarachnoid hemorrhage due to intracranial aneurysm rupture (SAHa) (WFNS IV-V). The main objective is to evaluate, in comatose patients and / or sedated on D3 following a severe SAHa (WFNS IV -V), the effect of 10 days of milrinone versus placebo, in addition to the usual management, on the volume of DCI lesions measured on CT scan at 1 month.
Background: While the intensive care of patients with life-threatening brain illnesses has advanced tremendously, a large number of therapies are still without proper scientific support. This can be partly explained by the fact that mechanisms of initial brain injury are still not well understood. Why additional neurological injury occurs during a patient's stay in the NeuroCritical Care Unit (NCCU) despite current best, evidence-based clinical practices, is also not well understood. However, over the past decade, better tools have become available to measure and monitor the impact of our clinical care on the rapidly changing physiology and chemistry of the injured brain. Some of these tools are CT, MRI, ultrasound, and catheter-based technology measuring blood flow and metabolism. These tools have enabled earlier detection of injury and complications and newer therapeutic strategies. Purpose: Examine disease pathways common to all brain injuries seen in the University of Maryland's 22-bed NCCU. Life-threatening neurological illnesses cared for in the NCCU include massive stroke, bleeding in and around the brain (subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage), brain tumors, difficult to control seizures, neurologic infections, nerve and muscle diseases (such as myasthenia gravis or Guillain-Barre Syndrome), and spinal cord disorders among others. Many NCCU patients are comatose or paralyzed and may suffer injuries in other parts of the body as well. This effort will require the creation of a robust clinical database for the capture of data including patient characteristics (age, sex), clinical characteristics, medical treatments, surgical interventions, physiological data (such as vital signs, cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure, cerebral oximetry, etc), laboratory data, and standard-of-care diagnostic studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), ultrasound, CT, MRI, and angiograms. Similar databases exist at other major centers for neurocritical care and have been instrumental to the identification of characteristics both predictive of and associated with outcomes of patients long after their stay in the NCCU. In addition, the samples collected will be included in the University of Maryland Medicine (UMM) Biorepository which is a shared resource to enable biomedical research by University of Maryland faculty.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage by aneurysmal rupture is a serious condition associated with a high mortality rate. Among the complications presented by these patients, vasospasm is one of the main causes of secondary aggravation, in particular the appearance of delayed neurological deficits following the induced cerebral ischemia. Classically occurring between the 4th and 12th day, with a peak on D7, its prevention is currently often ineffective. In recent years, many studies have shown that sodium lactate could be an interesting product for neuroprotection. In addition to an anti-osmotic effect that has been demonstrated by our team in the context of post-traumatic intracranial hypertension, a metabolic action has also been observed in periods of metabolic attacks induced by brain attacks. Recently, a vasodilatory action of sodium lactate has been observed from an experimental and clinical point of view. The purpose of this work is to observe the effect of sodium lactate, compared to placebo, on cerebral hemodynamics measured by perfusion CT (Mean Transit Time MTT) in a population of patients with hemorrhage under the arachnoid. This work is the preliminary work of a study that will investigate the potential preventive protective effect of sodium lactate on the incidence of vasospasm.