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Featured Study
The following study was presented as a podium presentation by Dr. David B. MacLeod, FRCA, at the 2009 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting.
Calibration and Validation of the Nonin Non-invasive Regional Oximeter with Cerebral Sensor -David B. MacLeod, F.R.C.A., Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center
Recently near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) regional oximeters have been developed to noninvasively estimate cerebral tissue oxygen saturation. This measure represents the oxygen level within brain tissue and is a composite value based on the relative proportions of arterial and venous blood within the tissue. Unlike conventional pulse oximetry, NIRS cerebral oximetry does not rely on a pulsating flow and therefore is able to provide a reading during non-pulsating flow such as CPB.
A prospective two-phase clinical study in healthy, adult subjects was conducted to calibrate and validate a new NIRS regional oximeter with a cerebral sensor to determine the accuracy in measuring cerebral oxygen saturation.
