Does depth of the frontal sinus affect near-infrared spectroscopy measurement?

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1 Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Published: November 2016

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive method that reflects real-time cerebral oxygenation (rSO) by the use of two adhesive optodes placed on the forehead of the patient. Frontal sinuses vary anatomically and a large frontal sinus might compromise the NIRS signal since the NIRS optodes are placed at the skin surface superficial to the underlying frontal sinus. The aim of this case-series was to elucidate whether there is a difference in the obligate changes in rSO during cardiac surgery between patients with a small as opposed to a large anterior-posterior distance of the frontal sinus based on magnetic resonance imaging. Two matched groups with small (n = 5) vs. large (n = 5) frontal sinus (3.2 vs. 18.1 millimeters) in this case-series showed no difference in obligate changes of rSO (p = 0.54).

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