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In the latter group of patients, when a low CBF (\u2264 0.2 ml\/gm\/min) or an increased level of cerebral lactate production (CMRL) (\u2264 \u22120.06 <jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>mol\/gm\/min) was encountered, therapy was instituted to increase CBF, and measurements of CBF, AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, and arteriovenous difference of lactate content (AVDL) were repeated. When data from all patients were analyzed, including those with cerebral ischemia and those without, AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> had only a modest correlation with CBF (r = \u22120.24 in 578 measurements, p &lt; 0.01). When patients with ischemia, indicated by an increased CMRL, were excluded from the analysis, CBF and AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> had a much improved correlation (r = \u22120.74 in 313 measurements, p &lt; 0.01). Most patients with a very low CBF would have been misclassified as having a normal or increased CBF based on the AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> alone. However, when measurements of AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> were supplemented with AVDL, four distinct CBF patterns could be distinguished. Patients with an ischemia\/infarction pattern typically had a lactate-oxygen index (LOI = \u2212AVDL\/AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) of 0.08 or greater and a variable AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>. The three nonischemic CBF patterns had an LOI of less than 0.08, and could be classified according to the AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>. Patients with a normal CBF (mean 0.42 \u00b1 0.12 ml\/gm\/min) had an AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> between 1.3 and 3.0 <jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>mol\/ml. A CBF pattern of hyperemia (mean 0.53 \u00b1 0.18 ml\/gm\/min) was characterized by an AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> of less than 1.3 <jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>mol\/ml. A compensated hypoperfusion CBF pattern (mean 0.23 \u00b1 0.07 ml\/gm\/min) was identified by an AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> of more than 3.0 <jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>mol\/min. These studies suggest that reliable estimates of CBF may be made from AVDO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and AVDL measurements, which can be easily obtained in the intensive care unit.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1989.70.2.0222","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,8]],"date-time":"2009-05-08T16:18:41Z","timestamp":1241799521000},"page":"222-230","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":333,"title":["Cerebral arteriovenous oxygen difference as an estimate of cerebral blood flow in comatose patients"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"70","author":[{"given":"Claudia S.","family":"Robertson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raj K.","family":"Narayan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ziya L.","family":"Gokaslan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rajesh","family":"Pahwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Robert G.","family":"Grossman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pedro","family":"Caram","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth","family":"Allen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"Am J Psychiatry","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"184","DOI":"10.1176\/ajp.102.2.184","article-title":"Bilateral internal jugular blood. 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