TY - JOUR AU - Vretzakis, George AU - Georgopoulou, Stauroula AU - Stamoulis, Konstantinos AU - Stamatiou, Georgia AU - Tsakiridis, Kosmas AU - Zarogoulidis, Paul AU - Katsikogianis, Nikolaos AU - Kougioumtzi, Ioanna AU - Machairiotis, Nikolaos AU - Tsiouda, Theodora AU - Mpakas, Andreas AU - Beleveslis, Thomas AU - Vretzakis, George AU - Koletas, Alexander AU - Siminelakis, Stavros N. AU - Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos PY - 2014 TI - Cerebral oximetry in cardiac anesthesia JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 6, Supplement 1 (March 24, 2014): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Cardiothoracic diseases closely related from diagnosis to treatment) Y2 - 2014 KW - N2 - Cerebral oximetry based on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is increasingly used during the perioperative period of cardiovascular operations. It is a noninvasive technology that can monitor the regional oxygen saturation of the frontal cortex. Current literature indicates that it can stratify patients preoperatively according their risk. Intraoperatively, it provides continuous information about brain oxygenation and allows the use of brain as sentinel organ indexing overall organ perfusion and injury. This review focuses on the clinical validity and applicability of this monitor for cardiac surgical patients. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/1933