Heart Rate Variability during Plateau Waves of Intracranial Pressure: a pilot descriptive study

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Luis, A (Author) Other; Santos, AS (Author) Other; dias, c (Author) FMUP; Almeida, R (Author) FCUP; Rocha, AP (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2015 37TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)

Pages: 6142-6145

37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)

Milan, ITALY, AUG 25-29, 2015

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Authenticus ID: P-00K-2M8

DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7319794

Abstract (EN): This study aims to describe heart rate variability during the first episode of plateau waves of intracranial pressure (ICP) in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in order to characterize and identify at bedside this cerebrovascular phenomenon. The general behavior of the heart rate variability (HRV) spectral measures expressed in the medians across patients is concordant with an increased HRV in the latter part of the baseline and plateau wave, followed by a decrease after the event and a new increase during the recovery. In low and high frequency bands the same increase is more marked in the parametric analysis. Interpretation of HRV may help clinicians to better identify the plateau waves and allow earlier management.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4