INVOS™ Pocket Guide - Detection and Correction of Brain Oxygen Imbalance

Overview

INVOS™ System technology gives you a noninvasive "window" to the body's microvasculature: a direct and dynamic site of gas exchange that transports about half of the body's blood volume. Measuring blood oxygenation in the microvasculature results in sensitive and site-specific insights on perfusion adequacy or - with multi-sensor monitoring - perfusion distribution across the brain and body. After reading this guide, clinicians should be able to:

• Describe the link between regional cerebral oxygen balance and the INVOS™ parameter, regional oxygen saturation(rSO₂)
• Integrate brain rSO₂ information with other physiologic and clinical data before, during, and after surgery
• Identify special situations which can influence cerebral rSO₂ monitoring
• Discuss the clinical management and responding to cerebral rSO₂ monitoring