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Article: Study Questions the Value of ``Standard of Care'' Blood Pressure Monitoring as an Indicator of Brain Blood Flow During Cardiac Surgery, Announces Somanetics.
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- May 30, 2001
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TROY, Mich.--(BW HealthWire)-- May 30, 2001
Somanetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTS) announced today that results of a 56-patient study performed at the University of Louisville Health Science Center demonstrated that brain blood oxygenation, as monitored by the INVOS(R) Cerebral Oximeter, may decline during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, even when blood pressure is considered to be adequate.
In one-third of the cases, brain blood oxygenation declined despite an apparently adequate blood pressure (mean arterial pressure above 70 mm Hg).
The study was presented by Harvey L. Edmonds, Jr., Ph.D., ...