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Lookup NU author(s): Patrick Mitchell, Dr Barbara Gregson, Emeritus Professor David Mendelow, Dr Iain Chambers
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Objective: To determine the statistical characteristics of blood pressure (BP) readings from a large number of head-injured patients. Methods: The BrainIT group has collected high time-resolution physiological and clinical data from head-injured patients who require intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. The statistical features of this dataset of BP measurements with time resolution of 1 min from 200 patients is examined. The distributions of BP measurements and their relationship with simultaneous ICP measurements are described. Results: The distributions of mean, systolic and diastolic readings are close to normal with modest skewing towards higher values. There is a trend towards an increase in blood pressure with advancing age, but this is not significant. Simultaneous blood pressure and ICP values suggest a triphasic relationship with a BP rising at 0.28 mm Hg/mm Hg of ICP, for ICP up to 32 mm Hg, and 0.9 mm Hg/mm Hg of ICP for ICP from 33 to 55 mm Hg, and falling sharply with rising ICP for ICP > 55 mm Hg. Conclusions: Patients with head injury appear to have a near normal distribution of blood pressure readings that are skewed towards higher values. The relationship between BP and ICP may be triphasic.
Author(s): Mitchell P, Gregson BA, Piper I, Citerio G, Mendelow AD, Chambers IR, BrainIT Grp
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Year: 2007
Volume: 78
Issue: 4
Pages: 399-402
ISSN (print): 0022-3050
ISSN (electronic): 1468-330X
Publisher: BMJ Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.100172
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.100172
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