Bedside Monitoring of Cerebral Energy State During Cardiac Surgery-A Novel Approach Utilizing Intravenous Microdialysis.
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Objective:
"This study investigated whether the lactate-to-pyruvate (LP) ratio obtained by microdialysis (MD) of the cerebral venous outflow reflected a derangement of global cerebral energy state during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)."1
1. Bedside Monitoring of Cerebral Energy State During Cardiac Surgery-A Novel Approach Utilizing Intravenous Microdialysis.
Mölström S, Nielsen TH, Andersen C, Nordström CH, Toft P.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Aug;31(4):1166-1173